[ Kate winces, minutely at 'nasty', just the slightest facial twitch, and then more obviously as Claire goes on. She presses fingers to her forehead and then rakes them back through her hair and nods. ]
Yeah, I can see how that would've made it even worse. And I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said it anyway, but I especially wouldn't have if I'd known that. But look, I mean-- [ It's her turn to pause awkwardly, hand half-out in a stalled gesture. She doesn't like airing her business any more than Claire does, which is part of what had made her so intensely touchy the next morning, but fair is fair. ] I'm trying to figure it out, too. I'm not saying that as an excuse, but I just-- it wasn't just some Katy Perry bullshit, okay? I'm into her. Like really into her. And it caught me off-guard when I realized it that night because it's just like one more stupid thing that I'm suddenly not sure about with myself and I-- I kind of freaked out a little. Like how did I not know that? Is it new? And I handled it really weirdly and badly.
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Yeah, I can see how that would've made it even worse. And I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said it anyway, but I especially wouldn't have if I'd known that. But look, I mean-- [ It's her turn to pause awkwardly, hand half-out in a stalled gesture. She doesn't like airing her business any more than Claire does, which is part of what had made her so intensely touchy the next morning, but fair is fair. ] I'm trying to figure it out, too. I'm not saying that as an excuse, but I just-- it wasn't just some Katy Perry bullshit, okay? I'm into her. Like really into her. And it caught me off-guard when I realized it that night because it's just like one more stupid thing that I'm suddenly not sure about with myself and I-- I kind of freaked out a little. Like how did I not know that? Is it new? And I handled it really weirdly and badly.