( Ah. Now that is a tone she's much more familiar with. The perfunctory tone. The 'let's humour little Chloe and her cloying needs' tone. The tone that suggests that one could be doing much better, more productive, more important things.
It's enough to make her straighten. The picture perfect posture returns, but it's stiff. She nods in all the right places as she listens and, under other circumstances, she would find it all fascinating and adorable and encourage him to share everything he knows.
Now it just adds to the noise. )
Thank you, Connor. That was very nice of you. But you don't have to try so hard for my sake. I don't want to ruin them for you.
( Her own tone is distant, and she drifts away to look at nothing in particular. Not the animals, just whatever is on the nearest display.
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It's enough to make her straighten. The picture perfect posture returns, but it's stiff. She nods in all the right places as she listens and, under other circumstances, she would find it all fascinating and adorable and encourage him to share everything he knows.
Now it just adds to the noise. )
Thank you, Connor. That was very nice of you. But you don't have to try so hard for my sake. I don't want to ruin them for you.
( Her own tone is distant, and she drifts away to look at nothing in particular. Not the animals, just whatever is on the nearest display.
It feels a little like home. )