Anybody who takes the conflicting point of view to his will rarely get a 'you're right' concession from him. That means he has to admit he's wrong. On the other hand, he's not really the sort who will rub anyone's nose in it when he's right, either. Smug smile, yes, but he's always smiling that way anyhow ...
In terms of her new man, it didn't have to be a conversation. He doesn't really seem to have a response to the details that she just shared with him. There's nothing really new to say aloud on that front, at least not that he can think of. But swallowing her tongue there, even if she does want to defend her dashing blind lawyer guy, is a good play there. How could letting him think he was looking out for her somehow be a misstep with the Corellian? (It isn't.)
If he's being perfectly honest, there's something about Matt he just doesn't like. Beyond the fact that he got the girl, that is. Oh he seems nice enough on the surface, but there's something about him that doesn't line up. He'll not come out and say that he thinks that guy she's so obviously taken with is deceitful, but certainly it casts a forboding shade.
It also hadn't occurded to him that he might be perfectly honest with her and just being sideways around strangers. That tends to happen virtually never.
"It doesn't matter." He says with a shrug. "You just don't like me that way."
His conceitedness and his issues aren't her problem. 'I'm taken' would have been easier for him to swallow, sure, but it's not her job to coddle him when he's feeling vulnerable. That he recognizes them is something in the way of progress.
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In terms of her new man, it didn't have to be a conversation. He doesn't really seem to have a response to the details that she just shared with him. There's nothing really new to say aloud on that front, at least not that he can think of. But swallowing her tongue there, even if she does want to defend her dashing blind lawyer guy, is a good play there. How could letting him think he was looking out for her somehow be a misstep with the Corellian? (It isn't.)
If he's being perfectly honest, there's something about Matt he just doesn't like. Beyond the fact that he got the girl, that is. Oh he seems nice enough on the surface, but there's something about him that doesn't line up. He'll not come out and say that he thinks that guy she's so obviously taken with is deceitful, but certainly it casts a forboding shade.
It also hadn't occurded to him that he might be perfectly honest with her and just being sideways around strangers. That tends to happen virtually never.
"It doesn't matter." He says with a shrug. "You just don't like me that way."
His conceitedness and his issues aren't her problem. 'I'm taken' would have been easier for him to swallow, sure, but it's not her job to coddle him when he's feeling vulnerable. That he recognizes them is something in the way of progress.