[Fenimore looks to Rei, only to see that Rei is looking at her in return. That makes her turn even redder. She opens her mouth to address her, closes it, and returns her gaze to Grune.]
Grune, we're not -- [Where had her words gone?] It's not that I don't like -- but we're not exactly --
[Ugh, she'd said sort of thing to Grune before. Why was it so hard now? She assumes that it's because she doesn't want to insult Rei by miswording her denial, which is a part of it, but another part of it is that the part of her that thinks it might be nice to be, well, "special someones" with Rei is just a little bigger after their date than it was before, and is thus somewhat reluctant to correct her.
She tries again, sounding deflated, as she knows even as she says it that it is not going to slow Grune down at all.]
...We've only been on one date [and that slightly bigger part of her unhelpfully adds after a momentary hesitation:] so far.
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Grune, we're not -- [Where had her words gone?] It's not that I don't like -- but we're not exactly --
[Ugh, she'd said sort of thing to Grune before. Why was it so hard now? She assumes that it's because she doesn't want to insult Rei by miswording her denial, which is a part of it, but another part of it is that the part of her that thinks it might be nice to be, well, "special someones" with Rei is just a little bigger after their date than it was before, and is thus somewhat reluctant to correct her.
She tries again, sounding deflated, as she knows even as she says it that it is not going to slow Grune down at all.]
...We've only been on one date [and that slightly bigger part of her unhelpfully adds after a momentary hesitation:] so far.
[...How convincing.]