[The words were useless in and of themselves -- he had not moved. Still, it gave him the opportunity to gesture for her to crouch beside him. Rather than share that space with her, however, he himself stood. He also closed the box and took it in hand. He'd let her keep the cassette she had though. That was only fair.
There was no cassette player nearby -- but he could not have known that. He hoped that she would find one. Though he scorned the marvel that she had described, he was not a man entirely devoid of curiosity.]
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[The words were useless in and of themselves -- he had not moved. Still, it gave him the opportunity to gesture for her to crouch beside him. Rather than share that space with her, however, he himself stood. He also closed the box and took it in hand. He'd let her keep the cassette she had though. That was only fair.
There was no cassette player nearby -- but he could not have known that. He hoped that she would find one. Though he scorned the marvel that she had described, he was not a man entirely devoid of curiosity.]