[She's right, of course-- should she have chosen to tell him it was none of his business and that he ought not to have asked, he'd accept it unquestioningly, would apologise for his indiscretion. But she doesn't, and though the slight pause between her answer and his question, the way she scrubs at her face, the subtle language of her body all tell him that perhaps he shouldn't have asked, she does respond. Doesn't shut him down right off the bat.]
Of course.
[More a request than an order, yes, but he'll choose to take it as such, if only because it binds him more completely to confidentiality.]
And...if I shouldn't have asked, there's no need to provide an answer at all.
no subject
Of course.
[More a request than an order, yes, but he'll choose to take it as such, if only because it binds him more completely to confidentiality.]
And...if I shouldn't have asked, there's no need to provide an answer at all.