[It's a way of accepting the apology, nevertheless. He recognizes that some people feel the need to apologize for things they don't necessarily need to make amends for. Some people simply feel the need to take the burden of being polite and making things right onto themselves. Maybe she's one of those people. Maybe she really has had too much to drink, although he doesn't think she seems drunk, precisely, and he's spent enough time around drunk people to be able to tell.]
Yeah, I did. A business partner. A friend. You probably saw him.
[He doesn't feel the need to call attention to Richard's mask if she hadn't noticed it, and if she had, she'll know who he's talking about immediately. He feels protective of Richard, doesn't want to say more about him than he has to, doesn't want to give anyone ammunition to use against him. That's all he needs to say about that. He's tempted to join her on the bench, but he doesn't. That might be pushing things too far.]
Did you?
[He assumes so. A husband, most likely. If he hadn't seen her ring, he'd still have assumed she came here with a man. It's hard to fathom someone who looks like she does going anywhere without someone following close behind, interested in romancing her.]
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[It's a way of accepting the apology, nevertheless. He recognizes that some people feel the need to apologize for things they don't necessarily need to make amends for. Some people simply feel the need to take the burden of being polite and making things right onto themselves. Maybe she's one of those people. Maybe she really has had too much to drink, although he doesn't think she seems drunk, precisely, and he's spent enough time around drunk people to be able to tell.]
Yeah, I did. A business partner. A friend. You probably saw him.
[He doesn't feel the need to call attention to Richard's mask if she hadn't noticed it, and if she had, she'll know who he's talking about immediately. He feels protective of Richard, doesn't want to say more about him than he has to, doesn't want to give anyone ammunition to use against him. That's all he needs to say about that. He's tempted to join her on the bench, but he doesn't. That might be pushing things too far.]
Did you?
[He assumes so. A husband, most likely. If he hadn't seen her ring, he'd still have assumed she came here with a man. It's hard to fathom someone who looks like she does going anywhere without someone following close behind, interested in romancing her.]