[He listens quite patiently to begin with, offering a minute nod as she touches on the discrepancy between memories— while he and Fran haven't experienced such a displacement themselves, he knows it to be quite common among others. He has to imagine it makes for all sorts of challenges and a great deal of frustration, but as she continues on, a frown pulls at his lips, his brow furrowing.
She's certainly right about one thing: he doesn't care for that idea in the least.
There is, he realizes, a bigger picture here, and in the interest of doing his part to support the greater good, he chooses to focus on that, rather than the compulsion to insist she do the absolute opposite of what she intends to. It hasn't been an hour since he himself had insisted he couldn't promise to stay away from the man in question, if circumstance dictated it.]
How do you plan to do that?
[An honest question, rather than a challenge. Whatever she's planning, he should hope she'll give it due consideration before putting it into action.]
He does seem willing to speak quite freely about any number of things, but needless to say, no, I'm not thrilled with the idea.
[But he does understand where her interests lie, and the expectant look he gives her along with his response says as much. He's willing to listen, for now.]
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She's certainly right about one thing: he doesn't care for that idea in the least.
There is, he realizes, a bigger picture here, and in the interest of doing his part to support the greater good, he chooses to focus on that, rather than the compulsion to insist she do the absolute opposite of what she intends to. It hasn't been an hour since he himself had insisted he couldn't promise to stay away from the man in question, if circumstance dictated it.]
How do you plan to do that?
[An honest question, rather than a challenge. Whatever she's planning, he should hope she'll give it due consideration before putting it into action.]
He does seem willing to speak quite freely about any number of things, but needless to say, no, I'm not thrilled with the idea.
[But he does understand where her interests lie, and the expectant look he gives her along with his response says as much. He's willing to listen, for now.]