[Rufus pauses at the question, not sure how to answer that. Were things alright? Definitely not. Were they getting better? That was his hope and what he was going to try to help with to the best of his ability.
He's sure that his hesitation to answer tells her a lot already but he won't patronize her with lies.
There is no nothing to brag about, no tone of smugness in his voice when he finally answers.]
It will be, in time.
[That was the hope he had, at the very least. Things would get better, there was a lot he had to make amends for not just his mistakes but to end the legacy his father left him once and for all.]
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He's sure that his hesitation to answer tells her a lot already but he won't patronize her with lies.
There is no nothing to brag about, no tone of smugness in his voice when he finally answers.]
It will be, in time.
[That was the hope he had, at the very least. Things would get better, there was a lot he had to make amends for not just his mistakes but to end the legacy his father left him once and for all.]