[there's poetry hiding in his words she can't quite parse, because she has no idea the scale of their bonds. if she did, she'd be incredibly jealous.

but the tide of topic is already shifting:] I, I did? Oh. [she doesn't remember. but if he says she did, then she did!]

Oh--here, you mean. Right. Yes, I...I guess it's more a consequence of me just...not really having good footing here? In a sense? So maybe they're perfectly fine to be as...as loud and straightforward with things as they are. I'm not used to that, is all.

So I guess it is as you say. Hard to keep up, I mean. I have to really get a move on with that, it's...it's already been some weeks!