[Smile fades, looking flustered as her shoulders hunch, trying to make herself look smaller.] It is… it is nothing to worry about.
[Frowns a little. Since he’s not involved in heroics much, he doesn’t know about Miracle and the robots. Instead, he assumes she’s being controlled or forced by someone – a partner, maybe.] Are you sure? … I kn-know it’s none of my business, but if s-something’s going on, Veda, you can talk to me.
Nothing is going on. [Reassures quickly. Nothing she could change, that was. Nothing she would change.] I have seen enough to realize the way that sounds, but it is true.
[He’s not quite convinced. The way she changed attitude so quickly is making him suspicious. But then again, she could be telling the truth – really, he has no idea what to think.] Veda … something is going on, i-isn’t it? Something w-weird. [Mostly it’s the way she talks. What does she mean by “I have seen enough”? He might expect a sheltered kid to sound like that (and he would know), but not a grown woman.]
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