"I'm alive then," she agreed. "Wait, he's here? And you're here." and he needed some distance from the emotions he had exposed. "So all I have to do to have two of you is celebrate either my birth or my death?" she teased lightly. Very lightly. Keeping it gentle and easy. Giving him the chance to take the teasing or to keep things more serious. Giving him the freedom to set the tone, and the invitation to take the lighter one if he wanted it.
We need their paids back, don't we >.<
"I'm alive then," she agreed. "Wait, he's here? And you're here." and he needed some distance from the emotions he had exposed. "So all I have to do to have two of you is celebrate either my birth or my death?" she teased lightly. Very lightly. Keeping it gentle and easy. Giving him the chance to take the teasing or to keep things more serious. Giving him the freedom to set the tone, and the invitation to take the lighter one if he wanted it.