[a lot she says feeds discomfort, a type of anxiety that began in the stomach and spread quickly to his throat (dry swallowing, fingers twitching over the blackglass).]
[it means: more and more pauses before and between replies. it means: he forces himself to think through it.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org ??? Why would I be worried about that?? Were other people worried about that? Did they know where they were???
[a beat.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org Sorry, how do you mean? "What I hope to take from all this..."??
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[it means: more and more pauses before and between replies. it means: he forces himself to think through it.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
??? Why would I be worried about that?? Were other people worried about that? Did they know where they were???
[a beat.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Sorry, how do you mean? "What I hope to take from all this..."??