Honest really should be the best policy for Carlisle, especially when he claims to be fine and very obviously isn't. He puts a hand back on the wall to steady himself, the other held before him as though he is either trying to hide his condition, or fears she'll attack him. Maybe it's both -- there's no telling, given his stammering.
"Of- of all people in this place, why is-s-s-s it so often that someone I h- have not gotten along with would st- stumble upon my g-g-garden? V-v-v-vampires and talking hedgehogs and y-you!"
Attempted courtesy might be the best policy for him, too.
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Honest really should be the best policy for Carlisle, especially when he claims to be fine and very obviously isn't. He puts a hand back on the wall to steady himself, the other held before him as though he is either trying to hide his condition, or fears she'll attack him. Maybe it's both -- there's no telling, given his stammering.
"Of- of all people in this place, why is-s-s-s it so often that someone I h- have not gotten along with would st- stumble upon my g-g-garden? V-v-v-vampires and talking hedgehogs and y-you!"
Attempted courtesy might be the best policy for him, too.