He still refused to look at her, partly in embarrassment but also because he wanted to be stubborn and show her how rude and unhelpful she was being with that tone of hers, but when his gaze slid to the sketch of the of the solar system model his expression finally softened. Had she drawn that? He might have asked if he hadn't been so determined to be annoyed with her, but it was a nice drawing—beyond anything he could imagine doing himself and even beyond what he thought Angeline and Estelle (but probably not Victoire) could do.
"So the gravity only affects... much smaller objects. Like the moons?" he asked with a great deal of uncertainty to his tone, far more than he might have allowed if he hadn't been so focused on trying to understand what she was saying. Maybe the details weren't that important, or at least maybe they weren't all so important all at once. "And sooooo..." He peeked up at her, feeling vulnerable as he did so but also feeling compelled to make sure she wasn't looking at him as though he was a walking disaster. "When we do the calculations, we don't have to take into account how the other planets would impact their revolutions... because they don't?"
"So the gravity only affects... much smaller objects. Like the moons?" he asked with a great deal of uncertainty to his tone, far more than he might have allowed if he hadn't been so focused on trying to understand what she was saying. Maybe the details weren't that important, or at least maybe they weren't all so important all at once. "And sooooo..." He peeked up at her, feeling vulnerable as he did so but also feeling compelled to make sure she wasn't looking at him as though he was a walking disaster. "When we do the calculations, we don't have to take into account how the other planets would impact their revolutions... because they don't?"
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