[Sakura really did try to find a conversation worth having, and he really didn't want to startle her from being comfortable. And yet. Here he is, saying words, as usual. This is why he mostly chooses to say nothing instead.
He's kind, but doesn't quite know how to connect sometimes with the people he always holds at arm's length. Her not pressing is fine; he hadn't necessarily wanted it to be a full conversation, only an answer to a question. Regardless, it may be a conversation they ultimately return to when she passes through his door.
He pauses long enough to glance in her direction, and then he looks at the hat where it still sits after being removed.] It's only a hat. [Imagine if he had given a tragic hat backstory. He goes back to working with the data.]
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He's kind, but doesn't quite know how to connect sometimes with the people he always holds at arm's length. Her not pressing is fine; he hadn't necessarily wanted it to be a full conversation, only an answer to a question. Regardless, it may be a conversation they ultimately return to when she passes through his door.
He pauses long enough to glance in her direction, and then he looks at the hat where it still sits after being removed.] It's only a hat. [Imagine if he had given a tragic hat backstory. He goes back to working with the data.]
I paid good money for it.
[Maybe an attempt at a joke...?]