[That gives him pause because, honestly, he was vaguely expecting her to blame him or something and yell some more; to give some preachy statement about how he's a kid or - well, things he's used to hearing around here. But then, quite to the contrary, it ends up being the opposite end of the spectrum, he looks up at the sky which, combined with his height - hopefully obscures his face from her view]
1/2
...You know.