[chance doesn't mean he has to put up with her - but while it may have led her to him, it didn't force him to let her stay. if he really was averse to her company, she hopes he would tell her to go.
since he hasn't...
she doesn't quite smile back - it's not really the sort of day for smiles - but she moves to join him, casting a glance toward the book he's closed before looking up at his face.]
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since he hasn't...
she doesn't quite smile back - it's not really the sort of day for smiles - but she moves to join him, casting a glance toward the book he's closed before looking up at his face.]
...we don't have to talk, if you'd prefer not to.
[companionable silence is fine too.]