The first time. Her too, then? They wish they could apologize, truly they do, but it’s not an event for saying things one doesn’t mean - or simply can’t mean, for one reason or another.
The child’s shoulders tilt up in a fluid shrug.
“I’m okay. I’ve died lots of times. I’m used to it.” And then, because they don’t wnr to be rude and more particularly because they don’t wnt her addressing that part of their response, they add, “I’d say that I’m sorry you died too, but I don’t really know you, so I don’t think I can.”
It doesn’t necessarily bother them when people find out, but such an admission usually generates a level of sympathy they don’t deserve, a level of pity they can’t tolerate.
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The child’s shoulders tilt up in a fluid shrug.
“I’m okay. I’ve died lots of times. I’m used to it.” And then, because they don’t wnr to be rude and more particularly because they don’t wnt her addressing that part of their response, they add, “I’d say that I’m sorry you died too, but I don’t really know you, so I don’t think I can.”
It doesn’t necessarily bother them when people find out, but such an admission usually generates a level of sympathy they don’t deserve, a level of pity they can’t tolerate.