[The first question is easy enough to answer and he's about to speak when her second question makes him forget that he's supposed to be looking across the room. He frowns at her as best as he can manage and raises a brow, wondering how the hell one of those can be a replacement for the other, and just as abruptly turns his attention back to Lodewijk.
When he started wearing the mask - it's not a question he wants to answer because it was spectacularly stupid. Late enough that he knew better than to fuck with them, late enough that she was back and that should've been good enough, right. She's either going to (rightly) throttle him for being a moron or say she's disappointed or start crying for real. Nothing good. His arm around her tenses and if she weren't tucked into his shoulder he'd be tucking into himself. But she asked and he owes her any answer she wants about the mask.]
After Japan left. Again. [And quickly, spilled out and messy - ] I know it was fuckin' dumb. I just -
[Missed everyone. Wanted to see them again. That thought doesn't make it to the air, though.]
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When he started wearing the mask - it's not a question he wants to answer because it was spectacularly stupid. Late enough that he knew better than to fuck with them, late enough that she was back and that should've been good enough, right. She's either going to (rightly) throttle him for being a moron or say she's disappointed or start crying for real. Nothing good. His arm around her tenses and if she weren't tucked into his shoulder he'd be tucking into himself. But she asked and he owes her any answer she wants about the mask.]
After Japan left. Again. [And quickly, spilled out and messy - ] I know it was fuckin' dumb. I just -
[Missed everyone. Wanted to see them again. That thought doesn't make it to the air, though.]