[None of this seems right. Endlessly positive Charles reduced to this sad sack? What had happened to him while she'd been gone? This also seems to make her angry. Perhaps sad too... if she allowed herself the moment to actually think about it.
Her eyes don't leave him, even when he turns away apparently done with her.]
Hm. You look like that's all you've been doing for years, so don't stop on my account. [Harsh words, but whats left of her tenderness is buried in grief. She'd been so relieved to see Charles after so long, then Erik... then Erik.]
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Her eyes don't leave him, even when he turns away apparently done with her.]
Hm. You look like that's all you've been doing for years, so don't stop on my account. [Harsh words, but whats left of her tenderness is buried in grief. She'd been so relieved to see Charles after so long, then Erik... then Erik.]