[ It's a soft sound of acknowledgement, but nothing more yet for a moment. Alice finds she really has to think about these things. It's easy for her to be blunt, that comes to her naturally, but it's so much harder to try and be delicate about matters that deserve some delicateness - like Rich's feelings.
So she can't just say 'I don't know, everyone probably forgot about us by now', no matter how much she would've said that in any other situation. ]
How close are you to these people in your world? [ Maybe it's better to gauge that first, before she says anything else. Alice folds her hands in her lap. ]
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[ It's a soft sound of acknowledgement, but nothing more yet for a moment. Alice finds she really has to think about these things. It's easy for her to be blunt, that comes to her naturally, but it's so much harder to try and be delicate about matters that deserve some delicateness - like Rich's feelings.
So she can't just say 'I don't know, everyone probably forgot about us by now', no matter how much she would've said that in any other situation. ]
How close are you to these people in your world? [ Maybe it's better to gauge that first, before she says anything else. Alice folds her hands in her lap. ]