[Jean definitely doesn't believe him. Nobody mopes around with their gaze fallen in the dirt when they feel fine. He wields sensitivity clumsily, lacking the finesse for extracting the right thing to say and having the tendency to instead say all the wrong things, but he can try. That's something.]
Yeah...this place has been going haywire lately. [A pause, in which he shifts his weight and then ventures a guess.] Did you see someone you know?
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Yeah...this place has been going haywire lately. [A pause, in which he shifts his weight and then ventures a guess.] Did you see someone you know?