It is very easy to... make me uncomfortable. There is a lot I still don't understand.
[He means it to be reassuring, but he's missed the mark before. She's right, though; he doesn't want her to apologize, but he's not sure that asking again will do what he wants, either.
He chews quietly on the inside of his lip for a moment, one of the few subtle fidgets he allows himself from time to time, and drops his eyes down to the schedule sheet again.
Ben doesn't look up, his voice low, when he says:] I'm sorry. I could read, or I can go.
[ Spam - Infirmary this time! ]
[He means it to be reassuring, but he's missed the mark before. She's right, though; he doesn't want her to apologize, but he's not sure that asking again will do what he wants, either.
He chews quietly on the inside of his lip for a moment, one of the few subtle fidgets he allows himself from time to time, and drops his eyes down to the schedule sheet again.
Ben doesn't look up, his voice low, when he says:] I'm sorry. I could read, or I can go.