He looked just a little surprised. He had been ready for another lecture and some sort of 'now you need to make it up' task for a week or something. His shoulders seemed to relax a little. "Didn't mean to piss you off like that."
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He looked just a little surprised. He had been ready for another lecture and some sort of 'now you need to make it up' task for a week or something. His shoulders seemed to relax a little. "Didn't mean to piss you off like that."