[He seems hesitant as he ventures that, pulling all of his remarks back carefully because he knows from the tightness in her tone that she's coming at this from a place where he's never had to venture — a divide between their worlds where he's always had the luxury of being both, and she hasn't.
So he's careful, mindfully scrutinizing his own tone to ensure that he's only pressing her, uncertain, instead of talking down to her with an authority he has no right to exercise over her.]
Isn't that just it, that things are different now...?
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[He seems hesitant as he ventures that, pulling all of his remarks back carefully because he knows from the tightness in her tone that she's coming at this from a place where he's never had to venture — a divide between their worlds where he's always had the luxury of being both, and she hasn't.
So he's careful, mindfully scrutinizing his own tone to ensure that he's only pressing her, uncertain, instead of talking down to her with an authority he has no right to exercise over her.]
Isn't that just it, that things are different now...?