The hasty apology is out as soon as there's a moment to sneak it in, redesigning that entire idea from the ground up. Whatever anchors are, they're clearly not that drastic, otherwise Clara wouldn't have reacted so negatively.
But it does force her to re-examine the issue, readdress it, abandoning her line of questioning in favour of a shrug and another admission. "I've never heard much about them, that's all. And you sound like you know a lot about the topic so it makes sense to ask you? But if it's a bother, I could stop."
Because that wasn't her intention, at all, and she's already visibly crossed a line with her stupid lack of tact. Clara's too genuinely sweet to risk on silly questions. Nope.
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The hasty apology is out as soon as there's a moment to sneak it in, redesigning that entire idea from the ground up. Whatever anchors are, they're clearly not that drastic, otherwise Clara wouldn't have reacted so negatively.
But it does force her to re-examine the issue, readdress it, abandoning her line of questioning in favour of a shrug and another admission. "I've never heard much about them, that's all. And you sound like you know a lot about the topic so it makes sense to ask you? But if it's a bother, I could stop."
Because that wasn't her intention, at all, and she's already visibly crossed a line with her stupid lack of tact. Clara's too genuinely sweet to risk on silly questions. Nope.