But look, Vashti had done a much better job in trying to calm Kurumi. Sigh. I think we know what Treyen needs to work on, right?
Since he was still speechless, mostly because he didn't want to dare messing things up, he merely nodded as if accepting her 'Thanks'. It was the least he could do, since he had a feeling that
he, Treyen Lockhart, had managed to make a little girl cry. If Aaron was here he'd probably laugh about it, if Arya was here, she'll be consoling the poor girl, surely.
And then...what? He laughed, very loudly (by the way) at her next comment,
"You're probably right," he said, as he ventured another smile. Just, not one of those charming smiles. It was enough for today. Kurumi was a smart one, stating the obvious.
"Vashti is right, you know? You don't to worry," he said, with a nod,
"I'd read about Nargles, instead, they don't exist but are very fun to read about," he winked, turning a couple pages on her magazine.
Why did he have the feeling she was already blaming someone for this? Er, never mind. She probably wasn't.
Kurumi's tears just got to him, that was all.
"I--don't know, perhaps they have a new Editor?" he had no idea who the former Editor was, so there was no real way of figuring that out.
"Or...just forget I said anything? This is probably nothing," and he'd become a master at overreacting about little things and details, like Saylen wanting to have him dead? Yeah, that was soooo real.
"Here," he said, passing one along. She was a brave one, was she not?