[Oh, he hasn't said he doesn't want her around since they were kids. He's grown out of that one. All of the "It's nothing" and "It's fine" are more efforts to alleviate her worries than anything else. That there could be a different interpretation of that isn't something that really occurs to him.]
Well, you're not as bad as them, at least. [It's in a bit of a lighter tone, mostly out of the fact that she seems to need it that way. And it's the truth.]
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Well, you're not as bad as them, at least. [It's in a bit of a lighter tone, mostly out of the fact that she seems to need it that way. And it's the truth.]