It's a... reverse scenario of something that happened before you arrived in this place. When I was still figuring out my friendship with her. [That feeling of being able to connect with someone who shared so much in kind with him.] To put it simply, I kissed her once. And her reaction was not ideal. I think she was dealing with too much at the time.
[In the end, it gave them room to reach a proper common ground, one that didn’t always feel like it was on shaky foundations. So Henry doesn’t sound terribly upset about that, one way or another. Especially now.
But—]
So fast forward to now, and imagine my confusion when she's the one hoping for a positive reception, and I'm just surprised. Things have shifted in places where I haven't seen them. [He gives Alec a meaningful look.] On both ends, I think.
[One can assume this, overall, did not go over well. But Henry hasn't even gotten to the bit about not going with Sprezzatura to her world.]
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It's a... reverse scenario of something that happened before you arrived in this place. When I was still figuring out my friendship with her. [That feeling of being able to connect with someone who shared so much in kind with him.] To put it simply, I kissed her once. And her reaction was not ideal. I think she was dealing with too much at the time.
[In the end, it gave them room to reach a proper common ground, one that didn’t always feel like it was on shaky foundations. So Henry doesn’t sound terribly upset about that, one way or another. Especially now.
But—]
So fast forward to now, and imagine my confusion when she's the one hoping for a positive reception, and I'm just surprised. Things have shifted in places where I haven't seen them. [He gives Alec a meaningful look.] On both ends, I think.
[One can assume this, overall, did not go over well. But Henry hasn't even gotten to the bit about not going with Sprezzatura to her world.]