[It's meant to come out glib and dismissive, like he's more amused by the concept than anything else. But it sounds like a frustratingly sincere question, even to him, and his jaw clenches as he keeps working the coffee apparatus. Being missed, even for however long or short they'd been gone, is still such a novel concept to him.
He thought he'd grown out of such feelings by now.]
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[It's meant to come out glib and dismissive, like he's more amused by the concept than anything else. But it sounds like a frustratingly sincere question, even to him, and his jaw clenches as he keeps working the coffee apparatus. Being missed, even for however long or short they'd been gone, is still such a novel concept to him.
He thought he'd grown out of such feelings by now.]