[As Rosen speaks and the story starts to become clear, Lance lets out a slow, silent breath of relief; it's not like this is a good story by any means, but it isn't anything like he'd briefly feared. It's easy to feel just how terrible Rosen feels about the situation, and if the start of it was as Rosen describes, then it certainly didn't come from a place of heartlessness.
But he doesn't say that right away, mostly because if he talks he won't be able to keep control of his own emotions; it's always a struggle for him to see even strangers cry, let alone a friend, and he has to blink hard a few times to keep his own vision clear. Still, it's clear enough on his face that he feels for him, even though he doesn't make any attempt to reach out because he isn't sure that would help the situation.
Instead he's quiet for a bit longer, gaze fixed on his tea so as to give Rosen some level of privacy, and eventually he finds his voice.]
It sounds like you cared too much, if that's possible, not that you didn't care enough. It was just... Probably not expressed in a way she could understand.
[But the situation is so unique, and without knowing much about Danielle or Rosen's ex-wife he can't further guess at any factors other than those Rosen told him, but it seems completely understandable how the relationship would've fallen apart. Divorce is always hard on any children, let alone one with an ability involving empathy, and if one or both parents were misdirecting their own emotions and focuses it's no wonder that Danielle might've ended up bitter and angry toward at least one of them.]
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But he doesn't say that right away, mostly because if he talks he won't be able to keep control of his own emotions; it's always a struggle for him to see even strangers cry, let alone a friend, and he has to blink hard a few times to keep his own vision clear. Still, it's clear enough on his face that he feels for him, even though he doesn't make any attempt to reach out because he isn't sure that would help the situation.
Instead he's quiet for a bit longer, gaze fixed on his tea so as to give Rosen some level of privacy, and eventually he finds his voice.]
It sounds like you cared too much, if that's possible, not that you didn't care enough. It was just... Probably not expressed in a way she could understand.
[But the situation is so unique, and without knowing much about Danielle or Rosen's ex-wife he can't further guess at any factors other than those Rosen told him, but it seems completely understandable how the relationship would've fallen apart. Divorce is always hard on any children, let alone one with an ability involving empathy, and if one or both parents were misdirecting their own emotions and focuses it's no wonder that Danielle might've ended up bitter and angry toward at least one of them.]