[Yuan blanks, temporarily, trying to remember if anyone's ever asked him something like that before. The act of asking alone, apparently, does a lot in and of itself. Almost unwillingly, something about him softens slightly.]
Don't do that again.
[Or something like it, anyway; Yuan doubts the exact situation will arise again.]
...do you understand all of why?
[This last is much quieter, and sounds almost like it need be dragged from him, in part because there is some implication of explanation in it.]
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[Yuan blanks, temporarily, trying to remember if anyone's ever asked him something like that before. The act of asking alone, apparently, does a lot in and of itself. Almost unwillingly, something about him softens slightly.]
Don't do that again.
[Or something like it, anyway; Yuan doubts the exact situation will arise again.]
...do you understand all of why?
[This last is much quieter, and sounds almost like it need be dragged from him, in part because there is some implication of explanation in it.]