[Please forgive the stammer, but that was not what he expected to hear. Not that he expected anything in particular. Prison and experiment are then perhaps slightly more shocking.]
That is, um.
[Miserable at conversation even when it's centered around topics he feels slightly equipped to handle, Salvio turns over all of this in his mind.]
A-- desperate circumstance. Is what it, uh, is. Obviously you are--aware, of that. I would, ah-- [Like to offer hope? Condolences? Reassurance? Every option feels a little false. Salvio looks down into the stew.] Be pleased. If your friend were to-- and, of course--if you were were, um. Are able to avoid, such a...
[Right.]
Um. The stew is-- it is quite good. You are--skilled at foraging. Certainly.
no subject
[Please forgive the stammer, but that was not what he expected to hear. Not that he expected anything in particular. Prison and experiment are then perhaps slightly more shocking.]
That is, um.
[Miserable at conversation even when it's centered around topics he feels slightly equipped to handle, Salvio turns over all of this in his mind.]
A-- desperate circumstance. Is what it, uh, is. Obviously you are--aware, of that. I would, ah-- [Like to offer hope? Condolences? Reassurance? Every option feels a little false. Salvio looks down into the stew.] Be pleased. If your friend were to-- and, of course--if you were were, um. Are able to avoid, such a...
[Right.]
Um. The stew is-- it is quite good. You are--skilled at foraging. Certainly.