[Fortunately, he's in professional mode, and so the snappy 'so you did intend it all the other times?' only comes to mind briefly before being dismissed. But he's not entirely sure how to answer the question, because although he knows the answer it's may not be best for him to say it. Usually, keeping his feelings out of the session is the correct way to go about things--counseling is about the patient--but in this situation he needs to weigh benefit versus cost.
So it takes several seconds before he replies, finally having decided that answering will lead into another useful topic to explore, and so it's worth doing so in this instance.]
What concerned me is likely not an issue that usually factors into your problem with intimidating people.
[Since it's something much more subtle and specific.]
It was the way you spoke about what methods you'd go to.
[And doing so in order to protect people, which by extension asks the question of who's worth protecting and which, incidentally, had been the same thing that has most bothered him at the ball. Then, once again, it had been a question of methods in the conversation about Sato that had been a major problem.]
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Date: 2017-05-13 03:19 pm (UTC)So it takes several seconds before he replies, finally having decided that answering will lead into another useful topic to explore, and so it's worth doing so in this instance.]
What concerned me is likely not an issue that usually factors into your problem with intimidating people.
[Since it's something much more subtle and specific.]
It was the way you spoke about what methods you'd go to.
[And doing so in order to protect people, which by extension asks the question of who's worth protecting and which, incidentally, had been the same thing that has most bothered him at the ball. Then, once again, it had been a question of methods in the conversation about Sato that had been a major problem.]