[His instinct is to brush it off, to say he's fine, to push forward like he always does because that's what he's used to. It's comfortable and familiar and it's also not true.
She's reaching out to him, and he is trying to be a better man. Surely that has to mean reaching back to meet her halfway, difficult though it may be.]
About what. What did you -- what did you see?
[How this goes depends very, very strongly on what she saw. He knows already that what he saw of her, whether it was real or not, is not something he can bring up just yet. He has to figure out a way to approach it first, a way that isn't asking 'did your father ever try to behead you or was that just the crystallization of your own magic-related anxiety'.]
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She's reaching out to him, and he is trying to be a better man. Surely that has to mean reaching back to meet her halfway, difficult though it may be.]
About what. What did you -- what did you see?
[How this goes depends very, very strongly on what she saw. He knows already that what he saw of her, whether it was real or not, is not something he can bring up just yet. He has to figure out a way to approach it first, a way that isn't asking 'did your father ever try to behead you or was that just the crystallization of your own magic-related anxiety'.]