She's relieved he's backing off. Some stories are better told in pieces. The sorrow will sink back into its place behind the other feelings in time.
"That's four times as many as I have, and twice as many as you have hands." This seems like a perfectly reasonable point to make, to her. But he might say something similar about 'all her books' and get the same kind of reaction. Sure, she can only read so many at a time, but she needs them. For reasons.
"Ah." She can guess what that means. "Generous of them."
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Date: 2016-02-28 05:27 am (UTC)"That's four times as many as I have, and twice as many as you have hands." This seems like a perfectly reasonable point to make, to her. But he might say something similar about 'all her books' and get the same kind of reaction. Sure, she can only read so many at a time, but she needs them. For reasons.
"Ah." She can guess what that means. "Generous of them."