[ That is indeed a yikes, but it's so tiny underneath the weight of non-surprise. Good Souls like these always get bashed. How it's always been. She gets one more internal squeeze, all feathers and warm thoughts, it's okay to be upset, dumbass but it's just a casual reminder, one last mental jab in the side, but then leaving her to her privacy otherwise.
The curiosity is hovered over, nearly recoiled from, but she's right. Don't think of it as forcing. Just. Don't sit on it. Send the thoughts across as they go. Not now. This is a Mission/Assignment/Purpose. Need to stay focused. Maybe downtime/later tonight. I'll explain later.
The rest doesn't get a direct response. Merely undercurrents of slotting pieces into place, trying to rally up Words (hate speaking aloud, mortal language never translates well), with a small dusting of 'ugh stop @'ing me, I get it' but less annoyed and more throwing jokes-
And then Shinjiro talks. Thoughts freeze, retreat from Maya as if burned, not ready for this, immediately devolve back into internal gears slotting into place with an answer, immediately cracking when they're shoved backwards a step (you must answer the question), shit, restart/retry, can't talk about the Contract, breach of privacy, he'd start yelling at Maya instead, that's not fair, So It Has To Be Him. And then all thoughts shut off. ]
No. [ Which is obviously True But Bullshit, but no one gets a chance to dismiss it, because Shinjiro gets verbally pinned. ] I owe you an apology for the other day. My words came across as forcing you away, when that was not my intent.
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The curiosity is hovered over, nearly recoiled from, but she's right. Don't think of it as forcing. Just. Don't sit on it. Send the thoughts across as they go. Not now. This is a Mission/Assignment/Purpose. Need to stay focused. Maybe downtime/later tonight. I'll explain later.
The rest doesn't get a direct response. Merely undercurrents of slotting pieces into place, trying to rally up Words (hate speaking aloud, mortal language never translates well), with a small dusting of 'ugh stop @'ing me, I get it' but less annoyed and more throwing jokes-
And then Shinjiro talks. Thoughts freeze, retreat from Maya as if burned, not ready for this, immediately devolve back into internal gears slotting into place with an answer, immediately cracking when they're shoved backwards a step (you must answer the question), shit, restart/retry, can't talk about the Contract, breach of privacy, he'd start yelling at Maya instead, that's not fair, So It Has To Be Him. And then all thoughts shut off. ]
No. [ Which is obviously True But Bullshit, but no one gets a chance to dismiss it, because Shinjiro gets verbally pinned. ] I owe you an apology for the other day. My words came across as forcing you away, when that was not my intent.
[ So much for dodging the subject. ]