[ He gives Beauty a small smile, trying to join her in lifting the mood. It's only partially helping, and he's terrible at attempting to hide his feelings like this, but he's trying. He can't give her a reason to worry about her own situation if he's so worried about his. He can drown in his thoughts later. ]
You might prove to be better at it than I.
[ Which is admittedly easy to do, but that says more about him than anyone else. ]
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[ He gives Beauty a small smile, trying to join her in lifting the mood. It's only partially helping, and he's terrible at attempting to hide his feelings like this, but he's trying. He can't give her a reason to worry about her own situation if he's so worried about his. He can drown in his thoughts later. ]
You might prove to be better at it than I.
[ Which is admittedly easy to do, but that says more about him than anyone else. ]