He stared at the boy and considered asking him why he looked so sad but hesitated because he thought it might sound ＿＿（41）＿＿ . He knew that sometimes people who were sad didn't want to be asked about it; sometimes they'd ＿＿（42）＿＿ the information themselves, and sometimes they wouldn't stop talking about it for months on end, but on this ＿＿（43）＿＿ Bruno thought that he should wait before saying anything.