[As much as he expected her to cry over this, part of him had vainly hoped that she wouldn't. Well...she wasn't doing so now, but it was clear that she had been. And he...he didn't like that thought. He didn't like it when his friends cried. Especially Rose. Because in his mind? In his mind, Rose Lalonde is strong and simply does not to cry. Not that she isn't capable of it...she just doesn't.]
[So it's hard to deal with it when she actually does. or well, the thought of her having actually done so, in this case.]
[And standing there in the doorway, he's suddenly realizing that he's not sure what he should even say. He knew that he had to come over here and had to say something but...]
["I'm here for you"?]
["I'm sorry"?]
["It will be okay"?]
["Come on, cheer up"?]
[No, no, no, and double no. None of those would work. Those are all the things people expect to hear in situations like this. And they really...don't help much. There's only so many times you can hear "it'll be okay, he'll be back soon" before you numb yourself to those words and you just get tired of hearing them.]
[All the same? He wishes he had something better to say than...]
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[So it's hard to deal with it when she actually does. or well, the thought of her having actually done so, in this case.]
[And standing there in the doorway, he's suddenly realizing that he's not sure what he should even say. He knew that he had to come over here and had to say something but...]
["I'm here for you"?]
["I'm sorry"?]
["It will be okay"?]
["Come on, cheer up"?]
[No, no, no, and double no. None of those would work. Those are all the things people expect to hear in situations like this. And they really...don't help much. There's only so many times you can hear "it'll be okay, he'll be back soon" before you numb yourself to those words and you just get tired of hearing them.]
[All the same? He wishes he had something better to say than...]
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