[His expression might not actually be too especially-telling at the moment, though Don could probably glean something from it anyway.]
What remains... are often w-worries and... th-thoughts... worries I have about us, or about others here in Luceti. S-Some are, as I said, most likely irrational...
... Some perhaps... l-less so.
... I just... [He falters, and for a second seems to choke up, but regathers whatever courage he had and continues -] ... Can I be c-certain that we will... l-listen, rather than... than be driven apart by such things, if they are v-voiced?
[Even if Don and Benjamin are as different as night and day, he's afraid it could happen again.]
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What remains... are often w-worries and... th-thoughts... worries I have about us, or about others here in Luceti. S-Some are, as I said, most likely irrational...
... Some perhaps... l-less so.
... I just... [He falters, and for a second seems to choke up, but regathers whatever courage he had and continues -] ... Can I be c-certain that we will... l-listen, rather than... than be driven apart by such things, if they are v-voiced?
[Even if Don and Benjamin are as different as night and day, he's afraid it could happen again.]