[And he actually does hesitate here, because there's a way he naturally wants to phrase this question, but the problem is the way he'd default to phrasing it is exactly the thing that everybody always yells at him about — particularly Lu Bixing — and he's actually trying to have character development in the interim, so.]
Even if there were a way to...try. Some bargain to be struck. It still would do no good?
[It takes a fair amount of effort to tactfully detail the problem while avoiding making it sound like a sacrifice, particularly while his head is still aching, but it's not a half-bad attempt at it, really.]
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[And he actually does hesitate here, because there's a way he naturally wants to phrase this question, but the problem is the way he'd default to phrasing it is exactly the thing that everybody always yells at him about — particularly Lu Bixing — and he's actually trying to have character development in the interim, so.]
Even if there were a way to...try. Some bargain to be struck. It still would do no good?
[It takes a fair amount of effort to tactfully detail the problem while avoiding making it sound like a sacrifice, particularly while his head is still aching, but it's not a half-bad attempt at it, really.]