[A year ago, he would have reminded her too much of her own father to tolerate; now she can see a lot of the resemblance as superficial. She wonders how accurate his perspective is; then again, children are certainly capable of being feckless. She thinks about her brother, and suspects whatever happened to Paxton was probably not worse than what she did to him.]
I bet that went over well.
[Very dryly, with some sympathy for both of them beneath it.]
[private]
I bet that went over well.
[Very dryly, with some sympathy for both of them beneath it.]