[Hm. This is — he thinks he should change the subject? But Riley says she's sorry, and she seems to actually mean it. No matter how instinctively suspicious he is of this level of empathy, the likelihood of it being a lie is infinitesimally small.]
[So what the fuck does he do with that information?]
[. . .]
i was thinking alder. after the black alder tree. they live where i do.
does it
[Hm.]
it doesn't seem to bother them. so i've been trying not to let it bother me. but you think it's normal to be bothered by that?
<harmonia>
[So what the fuck does he do with that information?]
[. . .]
i was thinking alder. after the black alder tree. they live where i do.
does it
[Hm.]
it doesn't seem to bother them. so i've been trying not to let it bother me. but you think it's normal to be bothered by that?