[He's almost as bad at apologies as he is accepting gratitude or compliments.
There is a long stretch of time until Devin can compose a response, most of which is spent staring dumbly at the screen. He wonders, distantly, if she knows the weight of what she's saying. It's not thrown out there with empty sentiment, that much he knows.]
I don't expect I'll have another chance to find out, but I won't do you a disservice by arguing.
[It may be the closest Devin can manage to saying thank you, for his refusal to even entertain the idea that he would be allowed such things runs deep.]
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There is a long stretch of time until Devin can compose a response, most of which is spent staring dumbly at the screen. He wonders, distantly, if she knows the weight of what she's saying. It's not thrown out there with empty sentiment, that much he knows.]
I don't expect I'll have another chance to find out, but I won't do you a disservice by arguing.
[It may be the closest Devin can manage to saying thank you, for his refusal to even entertain the idea that he would be allowed such things runs deep.]