The combination of Pippa's words with her distance made him flinch again. The whole morass had started this morning with her thanking him.
Though Rory didn't slack on the speed on the way back to the glassmakers' island, he was nevertheless scrupulously careful about his piloting. If his focus on what he was doing reduced his conversation to bare necessities, he had the impression Pippa didn't want to talk much to him anyway.
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Date: 2009-08-27 09:18 am (UTC)Though Rory didn't slack on the speed on the way back to the glassmakers' island, he was nevertheless scrupulously careful about his piloting. If his focus on what he was doing reduced his conversation to bare necessities, he had the impression Pippa didn't want to talk much to him anyway.