[ When he hears the rest of what she has to say, that's all he can toss out.
Kneeling, he starts to pick up the books that he let drop. Turning each over in his hand, he checks to make sure that they aren't too badly beaten up. ]
She may have just passed by it... there's no way she's from our home. [ There? Does that make her feel better if he puts it like that? ]
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[ When he hears the rest of what she has to say, that's all he can toss out.
Kneeling, he starts to pick up the books that he let drop. Turning each over in his hand, he checks to make sure that they aren't too badly beaten up. ]
She may have just passed by it... there's no way she's from our home. [ There? Does that make her feel better if he puts it like that? ]