[It is a bit of a fumbled answer but Peter is honestly sort of used to that from Sally at this point. He is attentive throughout, not wanting to interrupt her. All the stumbling does not seem to put him off.]
In that case, is there anything you would like to do? Anything.
[He is willing to do it. And then, because his brain does not quite correctly parse the extra input it gets as...well, extra. Non-auditory:]
I wouldn't say you sound intolerable at all. [More than a bit unsure with yourself, of course-- no, no need to point that out.] And I wouldn't have offered to spend time with you if I didn't mean it.
[Of course I suspect something is--
And then Peter realizes that he isn't positive that he heard that last bit from her out loud and abruptly his eyes widen.]
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In that case, is there anything you would like to do? Anything.
[He is willing to do it. And then, because his brain does not quite correctly parse the extra input it gets as...well, extra. Non-auditory:]
I wouldn't say you sound intolerable at all. [More than a bit unsure with yourself, of course-- no, no need to point that out.] And I wouldn't have offered to spend time with you if I didn't mean it.
[Of course I suspect something is--
And then Peter realizes that he isn't positive that he heard that last bit from her out loud and abruptly his eyes widen.]