Are you seriously gonna get all indignant about this? It's not like it's personal. I'd say the same thing to anybody trying to get with my sister.

["She's been through enough," kept trying to come out of his mouth, but he bit it back because that feels like airing too much to the general public, even if there are absolutely no details in such a statement.

Plus, how does the best friend not get the harsher shovel talk than a stranger? They ought to know better than anybody the way that would go, and tread extra careful because of it.]

You're the one that made it sound that way.