[it's partly humble, and partly self-deprecating, though the latter is much more difficult to pick up on. he hasn't even started working on her order, after all, and she's been stuck doing household chores. even if she says she doesn't mind it, he still can't help but feel guilty.
and then there's the overarching problem of her home life, which he really has no business intruding on, but he's just so thoroughly bothered by it that he can't help but take it as a personal failure, being unable to do anything to help. he lapses into silence for a few seconds after that, thoughts temporarily consumed again by those horrible people and the corner they've driven a kind girl into.]
...Um— [no, he can't let himself fall back into that strange mental place again. he shakes his head once, trying to clear it.] Well, whatever I can do to help, I'm glad for it.
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[it's partly humble, and partly self-deprecating, though the latter is much more difficult to pick up on. he hasn't even started working on her order, after all, and she's been stuck doing household chores. even if she says she doesn't mind it, he still can't help but feel guilty.
and then there's the overarching problem of her home life, which he really has no business intruding on, but he's just so thoroughly bothered by it that he can't help but take it as a personal failure, being unable to do anything to help. he lapses into silence for a few seconds after that, thoughts temporarily consumed again by those horrible people and the corner they've driven a kind girl into.]
...Um— [no, he can't let himself fall back into that strange mental place again. he shakes his head once, trying to clear it.] Well, whatever I can do to help, I'm glad for it.