[His grip on his mug tightens a little and he has to turn away a moment to make sure he won't snap at her for that non-answer, taking a slow deep breath. Getting angry won't help with anything, and Kate's bad decisions aren't an excuse to be unkind to her especially if it's just out of pure emotion.
So he waits several seconds until he's sure he can make his voice sound calm once again, trying to ignore the twist of guilt and nervousness about the fact that he has to put in this much effort to keep from getting angry in the first place.
He still doesn't look at her when he responds, but at least his tone is even.]
Yeah. So I've heard.
[He thought it was a stupid idea the first time he heard the explanation and only thinks it's even more stupid now that it's known that it indeed didn't work. But that really isn't the point.]
Do you... Do you regret doing it? With everything that happened?
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So he waits several seconds until he's sure he can make his voice sound calm once again, trying to ignore the twist of guilt and nervousness about the fact that he has to put in this much effort to keep from getting angry in the first place.
He still doesn't look at her when he responds, but at least his tone is even.]
Yeah. So I've heard.
[He thought it was a stupid idea the first time he heard the explanation and only thinks it's even more stupid now that it's known that it indeed didn't work. But that really isn't the point.]
Do you... Do you regret doing it? With everything that happened?