Hayley didn't say anything else on it, not exactly knowing what she would say anyway. Besides, Dick seemed to be worrying more about the latter answer and, when it finally came, as much as she hated to admit it, she understood. The girl couldn't help but wonder if that was all it was, though. The way he spoke and the way he had told her originally was giving her the feeling there were two answers: the reason he didn't tell anyone and the reason he had convinced himself he didn't tell anyone.]
"Do you ever think maybe you didn't want to tell them? That you were like, afraid of admitting it happened or what it could mean? I mean, if no one asked, it would be a lot easier to try to pretend it never happened." [She realized a little late that this was sounding more like empathy than speculation, but it wasn't like she could stop herself retroactively. Instead, she just carried on, hoping he wouldn't really interpret it that way and just think of her as nosier instead.] "Or, okay, maybe you really did just get caught up or not want to burden anyone while other stuff was going on.. but do you really think that's true?"
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Hayley didn't say anything else on it, not exactly knowing what she would say anyway. Besides, Dick seemed to be worrying more about the latter answer and, when it finally came, as much as she hated to admit it, she understood. The girl couldn't help but wonder if that was all it was, though. The way he spoke and the way he had told her originally was giving her the feeling there were two answers: the reason he didn't tell anyone and the reason he had convinced himself he didn't tell anyone.]
"Do you ever think maybe you didn't want to tell them? That you were like, afraid of admitting it happened or what it could mean? I mean, if no one asked, it would be a lot easier to try to pretend it never happened." [She realized a little late that this was sounding more like empathy than speculation, but it wasn't like she could stop herself retroactively. Instead, she just carried on, hoping he wouldn't really interpret it that way and just think of her as nosier instead.] "Or, okay, maybe you really did just get caught up or not want to burden anyone while other stuff was going on.. but do you really think that's true?"