But I was worried that if I tell all of this to the teenager, it might sound either too abstract or perhaps too weird, and there wasn't enough time anyhow, because people were waiting in the queue, so it suddenly felt like what I was trying to convey was more complicated and detailed than what the circumstances allowed me to say.
Je craignais cependant que lui expliquer ça paraisse trop abstrait ou trop étrange. De toute façon, je n'avais pas assez de temps avec tous ces gens dans la file. J'avais brusquement l'impression que le message que je voulais transmettre était plus compliqué et détaillé que ce que les circonstances me permettaient de dire.