[It's not offered in a tone of voice that suggests he was in any way bothered by it, or that the conversation was anything less than perfectly polite. Instead, it's merely an offering of fact (and another of Lahabrea's somewhat unusual choices of ways to start a conversation).]
[voice]
[It's not offered in a tone of voice that suggests he was in any way bothered by it, or that the conversation was anything less than perfectly polite. Instead, it's merely an offering of fact (and another of Lahabrea's somewhat unusual choices of ways to start a conversation).]
Re: [voice]
[ His own voice is soft and strained. ]
Thank you. I think he -
You reminded him of some people he hasn't seen in a very long time.
[voice]
[And curious, too, in a way that Lahabrea had responded to.]
Though I know something of what one might call longing.