"Even though I said that, I'd ask anyway. You don't really need a reason to care about how someone else feels. Like I said, I guess you don't have to tell me if you really don't want to. But I can tell something is bothering you, and I wanted to ask."
A small smile, encouraging: "I can tell you don't want to talk about it, but if you change your mind, you can tell me. Okay?"
Not waiting for an answer, leaving it at that, she starts back towards the rest of the group. He can still stop her if he wants to -- though she doesn't expect that he will.
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"Even though I said that, I'd ask anyway. You don't really need a reason to care about how someone else feels. Like I said, I guess you don't have to tell me if you really don't want to. But I can tell something is bothering you, and I wanted to ask."
A small smile, encouraging: "I can tell you don't want to talk about it, but if you change your mind, you can tell me. Okay?"
Not waiting for an answer, leaving it at that, she starts back towards the rest of the group. He can still stop her if he wants to -- though she doesn't expect that he will.