[He would have recognized that feeling, after all. But just the fact that Luke is asking... although he had his reasons for asking Luke, he can't help but feel a spike of guilt anyway, knowing where Luke's mind is probably going.]
There's still a possibility that it's nothing. If it's related to what I dealt with over the summer, then the only thing that makes it worse is... stress.
[And he's certainly had more than his fair share of that these past few days. His gaze falls once more.]
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[He would have recognized that feeling, after all. But just the fact that Luke is asking... although he had his reasons for asking Luke, he can't help but feel a spike of guilt anyway, knowing where Luke's mind is probably going.]
There's still a possibility that it's nothing. If it's related to what I dealt with over the summer, then the only thing that makes it worse is... stress.
[And he's certainly had more than his fair share of that these past few days. His gaze falls once more.]