Roxanne, to her credit, let him finish. She had half a mind to interrupt him several times, but she held her tongue until he was finished speaking.
However, her silence didn't hide the spreading flush of embarrassment and indignation rising across her cheeks. By the time he was finished she was looking and feeling thoroughly humiliated.
But, Roxanne is a woman of strong stock, and instead of getting defensive and snappish, she nods quietly, then holds up a finger.
"Okay - first point. I wasn't suggesting we marry complete strangers. That makes a weird situation even more awkward and worse." Second finger.
"I don't view it as frivolous - but to be honest, I'm not sure anything on an alien planet like this would be as...binding as we might think." Still, marriage was marriage. "I'm not trying to trivialize it, if that's what you're thinking." She looked away, then dropped her hands. "You're...a good person at heart, Megamind. I don't think length of time matters." She swallowed.
"As far as I go...the lack of communication between us was my fault. I'm sorry. I..." Roxanne looked irritated.
"I didn't know how to bring it up, or even what I would say. That's my fault." And admitting you're wrong is one of the hardest things to do.
"If...you don't want to do it, then we won't. I don't blame you at all." Heck, she wouldn't want too marry herself either. Not with the strange emotional baggage and apparent pent up bitterness and frustration. She felt like a terrible person, and had ever since it happened.
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However, her silence didn't hide the spreading flush of embarrassment and indignation rising across her cheeks. By the time he was finished she was looking and feeling thoroughly humiliated.
But, Roxanne is a woman of strong stock, and instead of getting defensive and snappish, she nods quietly, then holds up a finger.
"Okay - first point. I wasn't suggesting we marry complete strangers. That makes a weird situation even more awkward and worse." Second finger.
"I don't view it as frivolous - but to be honest, I'm not sure anything on an alien planet like this would be as...binding as we might think." Still, marriage was marriage. "I'm not trying to trivialize it, if that's what you're thinking." She looked away, then dropped her hands. "You're...a good person at heart, Megamind. I don't think length of time matters." She swallowed.
"As far as I go...the lack of communication between us was my fault. I'm sorry. I..." Roxanne looked irritated.
"I didn't know how to bring it up, or even what I would say. That's my fault." And admitting you're wrong is one of the hardest things to do.
"If...you don't want to do it, then we won't. I don't blame you at all." Heck, she wouldn't want too marry herself either. Not with the strange emotional baggage and apparent pent up bitterness and frustration. She felt like a terrible person, and had ever since it happened.