[He almost goes off on a tangent about them... but holds back at the last moment. It probably sounds like a swallowed breath, and the silence trails for a moment.
He's not so insensitive to talk about them, when the things are swimming behind her eyelids.
So he switches topics instead, seemingly abruptly, trailing back to something that had caught his attention upon entering her room]
Katara-chan? Were your floors always stone? [It doesn't bother him - just seems strange when he's used to the wooden bases of his own house]
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He's not so insensitive to talk about them, when the things are swimming behind her eyelids.
So he switches topics instead, seemingly abruptly, trailing back to something that had caught his attention upon entering her room]
Katara-chan? Were your floors always stone? [It doesn't bother him - just seems strange when he's used to the wooden bases of his own house]