[It's not an answer to his questions, and is the same wall this man's kept around himself since they met. It's not frustrating, exactly, because it isn't a new response, but it twigs Charles to thinking his approach might not be the right one. Pursing his lips pensively, he watches Magpie for a long, quiet moment as he works his way through his thoughts.
He's asking for this man to give him something without his ever having offered anything in return but help. That would be enough for some people to trust his intentions. With this man, it isn't. Whatever the reason behind that, it doesn't matter, or change the fact that it's true.
What it means is that he might need to be the one to bend first.]
You've told me that before, and I did hear it. [It just felt like such an obviously fearful response that it was hard not to respond to it like one.] If you don't want to talk about yourself, perhaps you'll let me tell you about myself, instead. [Not something he relishes, but it's the only thing he can think to do that he hasn't already tried.] Are you willing to hear that?
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He's asking for this man to give him something without his ever having offered anything in return but help. That would be enough for some people to trust his intentions. With this man, it isn't. Whatever the reason behind that, it doesn't matter, or change the fact that it's true.
What it means is that he might need to be the one to bend first.]
You've told me that before, and I did hear it. [It just felt like such an obviously fearful response that it was hard not to respond to it like one.] If you don't want to talk about yourself, perhaps you'll let me tell you about myself, instead. [Not something he relishes, but it's the only thing he can think to do that he hasn't already tried.] Are you willing to hear that?