[ it's easy to recognize the avoidance — it's what he's done for so long, what he's used to. to see it on her and not reflected in the mirror back at him gives him a weird sense of vertigo, though sympathy overpowers it quickly enough.

he doesn't pry; he knows well enough not to. ]

Yeah, well, let's ignore examples, okay? You made this whole post to play and we haven't really played at all, and I mean, that sounds really bad to me.