[But that's really a minor technicality considering all the rest of this, so he'll get on with the actual argument.]
And did it occur to you at any point that you were doing that "little tug" on someone who's more used to close contact as threats on his life? It's something you really should have thought through a little better.
[He's still looking somewhat blank at the apparent overreaction, until he sorts out that last bit. He hasn't heard the term "family jewels" used before, but there's only so many things he could be referring to, and none of them are particularly pleasant.
The moment it clicks is less horror and more faint exasperation.]
So it's an issue of intimacy. Why didn't you just say that outright?
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[But that's really a minor technicality considering all the rest of this, so he'll get on with the actual argument.]
And did it occur to you at any point that you were doing that "little tug" on someone who's more used to close contact as threats on his life? It's something you really should have thought through a little better.
[He's still looking somewhat blank at the apparent overreaction, until he sorts out that last bit. He hasn't heard the term "family jewels" used before, but there's only so many things he could be referring to, and none of them are particularly pleasant.
The moment it clicks is less horror and more faint exasperation.]
So it's an issue of intimacy. Why didn't you just say that outright?