[ if she's aiming to make him feel ashamed, she's succeeded terrifically. boy oh boy is he ever uncomfortable. but he won't protest that he doesn't deserve it. sufficiently cowed, he shifts from foot to foot, but there's still a light of curiosity in his eyes as he looks at her. ]
Would you? Hurt, I mean.
[ he knows she was made to. that she could. but that's a choice. it's always a choice -- that, at least, he'd tried to impress on mark. river, though, seems to have had more opportunity to decide for herself than his brother. miles is just curious to know where she falls. ]
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Would you? Hurt, I mean.
[ he knows she was made to. that she could. but that's a choice. it's always a choice -- that, at least, he'd tried to impress on mark. river, though, seems to have had more opportunity to decide for herself than his brother. miles is just curious to know where she falls. ]