[Eye contact is going to be difficult for the next while, he can tell; he's still not quite managing it. He doesn't miss whatever's happening with Schwann's tone, there's an undercurrent there that he's aware of and rather blatantly going to decide not to read into.]
Whether it is or not isn't the point.
[He'll loosen his grip then, letting Schwann pull away should he choose to; this was... God, he can't bring himself to believe that he regrets it, because at the end of the day he doesn't. But it was ill-advised, this was so hideously ill-advised- ]
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Whether it is or not isn't the point.
[He'll loosen his grip then, letting Schwann pull away should he choose to; this was... God, he can't bring himself to believe that he regrets it, because at the end of the day he doesn't. But it was ill-advised, this was so hideously ill-advised- ]
...You've done what I asked of you. It was...
[It was...what, exactly?]
I appreciate it.