[Her immediate thought is, 'Oh dear god, not the trust fall again...']
It's not that I don't trust you. I...*ahem* trust you slightly more than I used to. [Hey, it's a start.] It's just...look, we're not talking about this. [Which is code for, 'I kind of would actually like to talk about this, but I'm so stuck inside my own carefully constructed fortress that I can't admit to it.]
Well you obviously don't trust me enough to accept a compliment from me without assuming I have ulterior motives...which I don't. [He can sense when pressing is needed. It's for her own good, really.] I need you to know that you can trust me, implicitly. I wouldn't take advantage of you by way of a compliment. Now come on, [spreads arms] you can do this.
Jane... [She's almost biting her lip, wondering whether she can let herself open up a little bit again. But it turned out all right last time, and it actually felt...liberating.] All right.
[She turns her back to him and closes her eyes, letting herself fall back.]
[Catches her far earlier than he did last time, just to give her confidence a boost.] See, that wasn't so hard. Just to make my point, I'll take this quiz as well.
But boring? Never.
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It's not that I don't trust you. I...*ahem* trust you slightly more than I used to. [Hey, it's a start.] It's just...look, we're not talking about this. [Which is code for, 'I kind of would actually like to talk about this, but I'm so stuck inside my own carefully constructed fortress that I can't admit to it.]
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Jane... [She's almost biting her lip, wondering whether she can let herself open up a little bit again. But it turned out all right last time, and it actually felt...liberating.] All right.
[She turns her back to him and closes her eyes, letting herself fall back.]
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