[She doesn't lash out at him but he imagines he'd have deserved it if she did. A sickly feeling of guilt settles in his guts. His hands lower back down.]
No... Im sorry. That was a shitty thing for me to say. I wouldn't even know what that's like, so, I couldn't judge.
[He doesn't know anything about normal. This serves him for acting like he does. As if he can help anyone else. He nods, feeling dumb and feeling that stupid old ache.]
A friend. Someone who gets things. So it doesn't have to be her. I guess I was just trying to say... maybe if you pretended the other people were like her, it'd be easier. Maybe.
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N-no!
[She doesn't lash out at him but he imagines he'd have deserved it if she did. A sickly feeling of guilt settles in his guts. His hands lower back down.]
No... Im sorry. That was a shitty thing for me to say. I wouldn't even know what that's like, so, I couldn't judge.
[He doesn't know anything about normal. This serves him for acting like he does. As if he can help anyone else. He nods, feeling dumb and feeling that stupid old ache.]
A friend. Someone who gets things. So it doesn't have to be her. I guess I was just trying to say... maybe if you pretended the other people were like her, it'd be easier. Maybe.