[She might be repeating herself, but there's more purpose to it now. Sympathy. Some degree of understanding. She can fill in those blanks well enough. She's seen it happen before.]
I'm no stranger to that kind of thing. Occupational hazard, I guess.
[Should she not have invited him down to the bar to play darts? She wouldn't be surprised if he had a natural aversion to that kind of place.]
You're smart, you know that?
[To know better than to follow in his father's footsteps, but she's not going to say that part out loud.]
action;
[She might be repeating herself, but there's more purpose to it now. Sympathy. Some degree of understanding. She can fill in those blanks well enough. She's seen it happen before.]
I'm no stranger to that kind of thing. Occupational hazard, I guess.
[Should she not have invited him down to the bar to play darts? She wouldn't be surprised if he had a natural aversion to that kind of place.]
You're smart, you know that?
[To know better than to follow in his father's footsteps, but she's not going to say that part out loud.]