He abruptly breaks eye contact as soon as they give him a nod. While they're writing the next part, Lemm snatches that time to ground himself; they'll hear him sigh, muted and off to one side.
It takes him too long to register that the next part might be read as an invitation, and not something wholly passive. (It's dissected like a reliquary text analysis: the use of certainly, a deliberate unless - the fact it's in response to his earlier question of do you need a break from me and seems to bolster the answer of no. Complicated way of looking at it. Overly so. But he gets there.)
"I certainly wouldn't mind either," he responds, feeling out of his depth but oddly hopeful.
Only - last time he hadn't been invited, he'd just gone.
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It takes him too long to register that the next part might be read as an invitation, and not something wholly passive. (It's dissected like a reliquary text analysis: the use of certainly, a deliberate unless - the fact it's in response to his earlier question of do you need a break from me and seems to bolster the answer of no. Complicated way of looking at it. Overly so. But he gets there.)
"I certainly wouldn't mind either," he responds, feeling out of his depth but oddly hopeful.
Only - last time he hadn't been invited, he'd just gone.