[Mary blinks, like she didn't even realize the words that had come out of her own mouth. At first, she doesn't say anything, her expression changing into something hard to describe.]
No, that's not what I meant.
[Please, Mary, do go on. Her hands clench against her sketchbook, bending it slightly as she pulls at it, growing rapidly more tense.]
Sorry, I shouldn't have said that. It isn't anything you need to worry about.
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[Mary blinks, like she didn't even realize the words that had come out of her own mouth. At first, she doesn't say anything, her expression changing into something hard to describe.]
No, that's not what I meant.
[Please, Mary, do go on. Her hands clench against her sketchbook, bending it slightly as she pulls at it, growing rapidly more tense.]
Sorry, I shouldn't have said that. It isn't anything you need to worry about.