KERFUFFLE
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Brandon had wanted to be polite to her since the beginning of their conversation, when he heard about some of the things she'd been through; so he was refraining from reading her thoughts, and therefore not knowing how she felt. This was probably just as well, because he would have tried to convince her otherwise had he heard her. "Well, surely it's better than being at home, by yourself all the time," he pointed out.