[ What does he think? That's the kind of question where his input shouldn't matter: it doesn't matter what he thinks, what matters if what Fabian thinks, but he can't really tell the place where the question comes from. Annoyance? Genuine confusion?

What matters, then, is that Fabian asked. So Gorgug will try to be honest, as well as charitable as he can. Be careful with his words in that way his parents would tell him to be. ]

Well, most times you'll say what you think or feel about something with-- energy, [ read: dramatically ] and the times that you don't, there's a-- it's because you don't want to get hurt, or you don't want to hurt the person you're talking to, and I don't know if this is one or the other. But I know you came here wanting to kiss me, and you-- now you just want to leave, so, I guess I think, you're hurt but you don't want to talk about it?

[ ... ] But I don't want to go back and pretend like we both don't feel bad and not work it out, if you are. [ He looks down at his hands, wanting to fiddle with them, but not being in a great position to do anything with them.

Quieter: ] I care about you.