John can at least understand that at the response Jim is giving him, he has misunderstood their conversation to some extent. Though to what he has no way of knowing without addressing it directly himself. Blinking in confusion as he watches the other man deflate before him, he finds he must rally himself again. Even despite the nauseating twisting and turning of his insides.
"Ah," he says, as delicately as he can. "That is. I did not think."
He clears his throat, softly, before trying again. "I had thought that she might not. That is. A man such as myself..." He offers the other man a little smile that does not meet his eyes at all.
"We are not all from your future, James," he says, though he means no malice in the words. "Do you mean to suggest that she would willingly associate herself with a known sodomite?"
Or allow Jim to continue their association, for that matter.
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"Ah," he says, as delicately as he can. "That is. I did not think."
He clears his throat, softly, before trying again. "I had thought that she might not. That is. A man such as myself..." He offers the other man a little smile that does not meet his eyes at all.
"We are not all from your future, James," he says, though he means no malice in the words. "Do you mean to suggest that she would willingly associate herself with a known sodomite?"
Or allow Jim to continue their association, for that matter.