[Her response gives him more insight into her situation, the scale of it, how it affects not just her but the society she's a part of. So with that information filed away, he quietly thinks over her words, deciding which part to address first.]
People are very adaptable.
[He says it quietly, and it's something she surely already knows, but--]
It's natural to become desensitized, even when you feel like you shouldn't be, and that isn't a moral failing.
[He decides not to add just yet that it's also common not to actually be desensitized, but to have compartmentalized so strongly that the end result is similar, but due to repressing the response rather than no longer feeling it.]
But aside from that, what does bother you?
[Because even with the allowance that she might be bothered by the lack of feeling about it, it seems like there was another issue on her mind entirely.]
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Date: 2021-03-01 01:58 am (UTC)People are very adaptable.
[He says it quietly, and it's something she surely already knows, but--]
It's natural to become desensitized, even when you feel like you shouldn't be, and that isn't a moral failing.
[He decides not to add just yet that it's also common not to actually be desensitized, but to have compartmentalized so strongly that the end result is similar, but due to repressing the response rather than no longer feeling it.]
But aside from that, what does bother you?
[Because even with the allowance that she might be bothered by the lack of feeling about it, it seems like there was another issue on her mind entirely.]