[ her shoulders slump a little and it takes her a longer time to reply, typing and deleting her messages right after. after a few tries, she finally plays her next response. ]

Throughout the night, he was very sweet. He complimented me a lot and I wasn't sure how to respond to it, I don't think I'm as grand as he believes me to be.

[ she taps out another message, slowly, taking the time to choose her words. ]

I think he may have taken my hesitance as a sign that I was hiding something? That I was feeling ashamed. He was partly right.