
I cannot stress how important it is to consider the meaning of the words you use. Just think how much less creepy that sentence would have been if it’d ended with “checking if I’m okay” instead of “gently probing, examining me”.

I cannot stress how important it is to consider the meaning of the words you use. Just think how much less creepy that sentence would have been if it’d ended with “checking if I’m okay” instead of “gently probing, examining me”.