He has to take another second to pull himself back together and not just stomp away, because the rest of what Elliot had said is precisely what he wanted to hear. But even as battered as he now was, his ego still stood as an easy trigger, pulling meanings from nowhere, taking offense where someone else wouldn't bother.
When he speaks back up, it's quieter, far less a targeted statement and more a ramble, but with a noticeable crack of emotion.]
I don't want people to goddamn suffer, Elliot. I get it, I get what you meant, I know that's not your point, and I wish you'd just said as much to begin with, but... goddammit, please don't make this about me being afraid. [It comes out far more as a plea than anything remotely angry.
He hides from the weather because he is afraid. He stayed on the streets because he was afraid. He kept status quo because he was afraid. For once, he doesn't WANT to feel something like that.]
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He has to take another second to pull himself back together and not just stomp away, because the rest of what Elliot had said is precisely what he wanted to hear. But even as battered as he now was, his ego still stood as an easy trigger, pulling meanings from nowhere, taking offense where someone else wouldn't bother.
When he speaks back up, it's quieter, far less a targeted statement and more a ramble, but with a noticeable crack of emotion.]
I don't want people to goddamn suffer, Elliot. I get it, I get what you meant, I know that's not your point, and I wish you'd just said as much to begin with, but... goddammit, please don't make this about me being afraid. [It comes out far more as a plea than anything remotely angry.
He hides from the weather because he is afraid. He stayed on the streets because he was afraid. He kept status quo because he was afraid. For once, he doesn't WANT to feel something like that.]