[ As soon as he hands off the shard, they move off to go retrieve the materials they need to repair it, breathing out a sigh through their nose. ]
Whatever. It doesn't really matter...
[ They don't look back to him as they rummage through one of the nearby kitchen cabinets. They're not really sure what they're feeling right now, which is why they fall back on their first line of defense, which is to be emotionally unavailable. Cairngorm knows that Lupin has offered to listen to them about this topic, has let them know that they don't have to shoulder this burden alone in the past, but they don't even know what they would say to him. He would never understand. And they don't know where to begin on explaining it. ]
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Whatever. It doesn't really matter...
[ They don't look back to him as they rummage through one of the nearby kitchen cabinets. They're not really sure what they're feeling right now, which is why they fall back on their first line of defense, which is to be emotionally unavailable. Cairngorm knows that Lupin has offered to listen to them about this topic, has let them know that they don't have to shoulder this burden alone in the past, but they don't even know what they would say to him. He would never understand. And they don't know where to begin on explaining it. ]
You don't have to stay. I'll fix it myself.