[ "helpful" is the word to use; ness immediately sits taller to hear it, drawn back out of herself at the prospect of being of use. ]
I would like that very much. To be of help to you, I mean, and to understand, as much as I am able.
[ it occurs to her to worry that her concern has come off wrong, infantilizing and condescending rather than considerate, but as in the crossroads, vanya's straightforward affect dulls the anxiety. whether her words could be taken amiss or not, he's chosen to receive them according to her intent, and fretting further over them would be pointless.
(that will not stop her fretting entirely. dulled is not dismissed. but it is a start.) ]
As for lessons, my evenings are free to start whenever you wishβeven tonight, should you have the time on such short notice. Otherwise, I will fit my schedule to yours!
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I would like that very much. To be of help to you, I mean, and to understand, as much as I am able.
[ it occurs to her to worry that her concern has come off wrong, infantilizing and condescending rather than considerate, but as in the crossroads, vanya's straightforward affect dulls the anxiety. whether her words could be taken amiss or not, he's chosen to receive them according to her intent, and fretting further over them would be pointless.
(that will not stop her fretting entirely. dulled is not dismissed. but it is a start.) ]
As for lessons, my evenings are free to start whenever you wishβeven tonight, should you have the time on such short notice. Otherwise, I will fit my schedule to yours!