"Is... this a bad time?" he asks, sounding easily as confused, if not more.
It's not as if he doesn't realize that something pressing must have come up, for her to still be here. He just has no idea what that might be, or what she might be doing with her time right now that would make her sound so unsure.
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It's not as if he doesn't realize that something pressing must have come up, for her to still be here. He just has no idea what that might be, or what she might be doing with her time right now that would make her sound so unsure.