Brought you 'n then left you alone in a place like this?
[He shakes his head, raises an eyebrow, still feeling as though he's moving in slightly slow motion. Maybe he shouldn't be drawing attention to the fact that her husband is nowhere to be found, but he's had enough to drink that his usual social niceties -- already shaky, to say the least -- are much more difficult to call up. At the very least, though, he can try to make it sound like less of an insult against her husband. Most people don't care for that kind of talk, even if they're thinking the exact same thoughts themselves. He's learned that the hard way, more than once.]
Can't imagine wantin' to let someone like you outta my sight for too long, that's all.
[Maybe he can turn that into a compliment towards her rather than a slight to her husband, and maybe she'll take it in the spirit it's intended -- not necessarily, though; he knows he has the remarkable ability to put his foot further and further into his mouth the more he tries to right his impolite wrongs.
Is a charming smile enough to sound somewhat less insulting? He'll give it a try, anyway, partially because he doesn't want to offend her, partially because he genuinely feels like smiling at her, would likely have done so no matter what he'd said to her, even though, of course, he has noticed her wedding ring. It had been the first thing he'd looked for, actually, but he hardly intends to inform her of that fact. Some things, remarkably, he's capable of keeping to himself.]
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[He shakes his head, raises an eyebrow, still feeling as though he's moving in slightly slow motion. Maybe he shouldn't be drawing attention to the fact that her husband is nowhere to be found, but he's had enough to drink that his usual social niceties -- already shaky, to say the least -- are much more difficult to call up. At the very least, though, he can try to make it sound like less of an insult against her husband. Most people don't care for that kind of talk, even if they're thinking the exact same thoughts themselves. He's learned that the hard way, more than once.]
Can't imagine wantin' to let someone like you outta my sight for too long, that's all.
[Maybe he can turn that into a compliment towards her rather than a slight to her husband, and maybe she'll take it in the spirit it's intended -- not necessarily, though; he knows he has the remarkable ability to put his foot further and further into his mouth the more he tries to right his impolite wrongs.
Is a charming smile enough to sound somewhat less insulting? He'll give it a try, anyway, partially because he doesn't want to offend her, partially because he genuinely feels like smiling at her, would likely have done so no matter what he'd said to her, even though, of course, he has noticed her wedding ring. It had been the first thing he'd looked for, actually, but he hardly intends to inform her of that fact. Some things, remarkably, he's capable of keeping to himself.]