[It isn't even that he thinks she's malicious, necessarily; just that she'd been willing to push for something he hadn't wanted to give, right after seeing how poorly he'd reacted to someone else doing the same. As far as he's concerned, she clearly hadn't thought about what she might've been demanding, and hadn't cared how it would've affected him--and he's used to that, for a lot of reasons and in a lot of ways, but that doesn't make it any easier.
He doesn't put any of that into words; he just keeps his gaze fixed on the void like he's searching for a way out of it, even though, by now, they both know it's futile.]
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[It isn't even that he thinks she's malicious, necessarily; just that she'd been willing to push for something he hadn't wanted to give, right after seeing how poorly he'd reacted to someone else doing the same. As far as he's concerned, she clearly hadn't thought about what she might've been demanding, and hadn't cared how it would've affected him--and he's used to that, for a lot of reasons and in a lot of ways, but that doesn't make it any easier.
He doesn't put any of that into words; he just keeps his gaze fixed on the void like he's searching for a way out of it, even though, by now, they both know it's futile.]