"I was never really great at the whole sit-down-and-talk-about-feelings thing," admits Priestly, "but this might be one of those cases where you need to sit down and initiate the conversation, before things get more awkward." But not right now, not until John feels less ashamed of whatever happened between them and can bring it up in a calm and rational way. "Would it be better if I took your mind off it right now?"
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