[He's not sure there's a polite way to say that it doesn't exactly sound like she's OK. Not in the sense of OK he means.
He pauses a moment, he hadn't quite realize until right now that he sees her as a friend close enough that he doesn't feel compelled to step away at that 'of course'.]
Abel's been a good friend to me.
[He doesn't know if her anger is from that or at the callousness of the response - or both, which he would understand. But he knows what he can say for himself.]
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He pauses a moment, he hadn't quite realize until right now that he sees her as a friend close enough that he doesn't feel compelled to step away at that 'of course'.]
Abel's been a good friend to me.
[He doesn't know if her anger is from that or at the callousness of the response - or both, which he would understand. But he knows what he can say for himself.]