[ See, under normal circumstances Fabian wouldn't have thought anything about this. He would have let Gorgug go off and do that.
But there was their emotional moment in the hospital. And that makes him stop and think. It makes him wonder if he's just imagining that note of confusion in Gorgug's voice - even though Fabian thinks his question was pretty straightforward.
It makes him wonder if, deep inside, he didn't really just want Gorgug to answer a specific way to this question.
Fabian still hesitates for a moment, unused to this, but then speaks anyway. He's brave. He's brave!! ]
You can come with me if you want, you know. [ C-Casual!! Casual!! He's being brave!! ] I don't mind.
[ A slight pause, and then he adds, even more bravely: ]
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But there was their emotional moment in the hospital. And that makes him stop and think. It makes him wonder if he's just imagining that note of confusion in Gorgug's voice - even though Fabian thinks his question was pretty straightforward.
It makes him wonder if, deep inside, he didn't really just want Gorgug to answer a specific way to this question.
Fabian still hesitates for a moment, unused to this, but then speaks anyway. He's brave. He's brave!! ]
You can come with me if you want, you know. [ C-Casual!! Casual!! He's being brave!! ] I don't mind.
[ A slight pause, and then he adds, even more bravely: ]
I'd like that, actually.