[It's not that he doesn't think Steph can't take care of herself — he's just learned, lately, that this is a place where the gap between talk and action is huge, and one doesn't lead to the other like it did back home. Maybe he's trying to learn to do a little more of the latter.
He drops his gaze to the floor, frowning. When he looks back up, the anger's vanished, and he almost looks... sad, maybe.]
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He drops his gaze to the floor, frowning. When he looks back up, the anger's vanished, and he almost looks... sad, maybe.]
I'm sorry.