[There's definitely something the matter. Ken can't quite put his finger on what the problem is here: he just knows there is one, that yet again he's managed to say the wrong thing and he wishes he knew what to say to make it better, or at least make Dominic talk to him...
[He doesn't, and he doesn't understand why Dominic won't. Ken is not a smooth talker, he's not very good at verbal games or coaxing information out of people who might not want to give it. All he can do is ask and, if he's turned down, what is there for him to do but let it go or ask again? Nothing that he can think of, and neither option seems to be the right one now. So he just smiles again, and this time his smile is nothing but helpless.]
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Date: 2010-10-15 03:07 am (UTC)[There's definitely something the matter. Ken can't quite put his finger on what the problem is here: he just knows there is one, that yet again he's managed to say the wrong thing and he wishes he knew what to say to make it better, or at least make Dominic talk to him...
[He doesn't, and he doesn't understand why Dominic won't. Ken is not a smooth talker, he's not very good at verbal games or coaxing information out of people who might not want to give it. All he can do is ask and, if he's turned down, what is there for him to do but let it go or ask again? Nothing that he can think of, and neither option seems to be the right one now. So he just smiles again, and this time his smile is nothing but helpless.]
I'm not much help sometimes, am I?