Then I shan't. I would hate to have you regret not stopping me, were something to happen.
[She wonders why he pretends so hard, when she has on several occasions basically written a signed and notarized document testifying that she is On To Him. Perhaps he is self-aware enough to understand that she knows perfectly well what he means, and sees no need to make things clearer?]
[The sound of heavy footsteps clunks around for a moment, as if coming down the hall on his side -- then stops.]
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[She wonders why he pretends so hard, when she has on several occasions basically written a signed and notarized document testifying that she is On To Him. Perhaps he is self-aware enough to understand that she knows perfectly well what he means, and sees no need to make things clearer?]
[The sound of heavy footsteps clunks around for a moment, as if coming down the hall on his side -- then stops.]