When practice ended we went back to our seats to finish our worksheets, but she stopped me while i was walking to my desk and asked me what my favourite anime was.
As he stood there with his wife watching the strange but magnificent event the last of the animals finally boarded. He turned to his wife and with a sigh of relief said, "now I've herd everything"....
This kind of restraint can be mistaken for calm. From the outside, you may seem patient, mature, almost unaffected. You do not chase the conversation. You do not send the extra message. You let the silence keep its shape. But inside, the not-asking can take work.