[He taps out a few more notes, then abruptly stops. That's probably insensitive. The silence no matter how short feels heavy, but he has absolutely no idea what the right thing to say here is. Apparently stock sympathy phrases won't cut it, but he doesn't have any better ideas.]
School sucks, huh?
[Yeah, no, that was not any better and he sincerely wishes he could take it back.]
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[He taps out a few more notes, then abruptly stops. That's probably insensitive. The silence no matter how short feels heavy, but he has absolutely no idea what the right thing to say here is. Apparently stock sympathy phrases won't cut it, but he doesn't have any better ideas.]
School sucks, huh?
[Yeah, no, that was not any better and he sincerely wishes he could take it back.]