[ She's right--it does mean he's always on guard. Sometimes he's imagined that he'd be less so if Estelle hadn't been brought in here with him, but now it's stuck even though she's dead. ]
You remembered when I said that from a few weeks back, huh?
[ The cheeriness is absent, but he doesn't sound angry she brought it up or anything. ]
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You remembered when I said that from a few weeks back, huh?
[ The cheeriness is absent, but he doesn't sound angry she brought it up or anything. ]
Well, it is true.