a pause. then another one, because ilde is now aware of the babbling and if she starts talking again without ordering her thoughts, that's what's going to carry on happening. )
Once more with clarity. ( rueful. ) I'm not sure if what I need the most help with is actually in your wheelhouse. I more or less know what I can and can't do naturally, I just haven't got a lot of practise with it.
[ Genuinely, Severus has no idea what she's trying to get at or what she wants from him, and doesn't feel like asking her again. ]
Then you should practice. [ Bluntly. He probably could help her with it, but Severus realizes he doesn't want to. He doesn't want to keep talking to her with her weird mom eyes and her alien sense of distance. He wasn't ever sure if he actually liked Ilde or not (or disliked Ilde or not), but before this, at least she was in the age group of general social understanding. ]
( she hadn't been looking for practical guidance on mechanics, but - he's the wrong person to ask for what she is looking for and this has been probably enough of an experience for the both of them, probably.
she's already achieved such heights of awkwardness that she doesn't feel particularly so when she gets up, taking dismissal for what it is and too aware that really, this probably could have gone worse, in retrospect, to be particularly affronted by it. )
Take care.
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a pause. then another one, because ilde is now aware of the babbling and if she starts talking again without ordering her thoughts, that's what's going to carry on happening. )
Once more with clarity. ( rueful. ) I'm not sure if what I need the most help with is actually in your wheelhouse. I more or less know what I can and can't do naturally, I just haven't got a lot of practise with it.
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Then you should practice. [ Bluntly. He probably could help her with it, but Severus realizes he doesn't want to. He doesn't want to keep talking to her with her weird mom eyes and her alien sense of distance. He wasn't ever sure if he actually liked Ilde or not (or disliked Ilde or not), but before this, at least she was in the age group of general social understanding. ]
I have to get back to work.
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( she hadn't been looking for practical guidance on mechanics, but - he's the wrong person to ask for what she is looking for and this has been probably enough of an experience for the both of them, probably.
she's already achieved such heights of awkwardness that she doesn't feel particularly so when she gets up, taking dismissal for what it is and too aware that really, this probably could have gone worse, in retrospect, to be particularly affronted by it. )
Take care.