"Oh!" Arthur chirped, "They did seem to be pretty popular, from what I saw."
Arthur could not decide if she was trying to avoid answering the question (valid) or if she hadn't understood his point; he also wasn't sure what to do to figure it out.
Maybe he could work his way around to it?
That seemed like it was a good idea. Especially since he fell into being awkward far too easy around her, even though they were friends - the summer's incident flashed into his mind as particularly dire.
Or he could try maneuvering them towards the sleighs and see what happened?
That idea was helped that the tree itself wasn't exactly uncrowded; Arthur had to sidestep towards them to dodge a racing child who had decided to tie their scarf from Father Christmas around their head.
Arthur could not decide if she was trying to avoid answering the question (valid) or if she hadn't understood his point; he also wasn't sure what to do to figure it out.
Maybe he could work his way around to it?
That seemed like it was a good idea. Especially since he fell into being awkward far too easy around her, even though they were friends - the summer's incident flashed into his mind as particularly dire.
Or he could try maneuvering them towards the sleighs and see what happened?
That idea was helped that the tree itself wasn't exactly uncrowded; Arthur had to sidestep towards them to dodge a racing child who had decided to tie their scarf from Father Christmas around their head.