He knows, but he also knows that her parents death is raw and this place is overwhelming. He had been giving her some time to get settled. At least that had been his thought process. The her that had been there before hadn't wanted to live there, hadn't even wanted to go inside because it was all too raw. He didn't want to put her through that again.
He'd been trying to protect her. Of course.
Okay, he deserves that and he should have been expecting it. Instead, she catches him off guard and he loses his wind for a second. He does reach out and grab her wrist, fingers encircling it either to keep her from hitting him again or to keep her moving away from him or perhaps just to ground himself. She's here. He still expects her to dissolve into a simulation sometimes. It gives him a chance to get his words together.
"You haven't been here that long and I didn't want to overwhelm you. I wasn't sure if it would make it harder or easier to be here." He's got a complicated relationship with his abnegation house after all.
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He'd been trying to protect her. Of course.
Okay, he deserves that and he should have been expecting it. Instead, she catches him off guard and he loses his wind for a second. He does reach out and grab her wrist, fingers encircling it either to keep her from hitting him again or to keep her moving away from him or perhaps just to ground himself. She's here. He still expects her to dissolve into a simulation sometimes. It gives him a chance to get his words together.
"You haven't been here that long and I didn't want to overwhelm you. I wasn't sure if it would make it harder or easier to be here." He's got a complicated relationship with his abnegation house after all.