[It takes him a few sharp, scattered breaths to compose himself enough for an answer.]
N...No...?
[Oh god, he hates that rising tone at the end of that, hates how shaky he sounds. Of course he didn't feel unsafe, Bro was awesome and. And knew everything. He never let Dave get hurt, not really hurt, he made sure he didn't crack his skull open when he fell trying to get his stupid egg totem and he took him to the hospital when he broke his collarbone, all the rest of the stuff was incidental, it was just a game, if he'd said anything
(bro would have been disappointed would have ignored him had better things to do)
it would have stopped. He never took it too far. He just...Bro was really devoted to his creed. That's all it was.]
This--this isn't about me. We had kind of a weird relationship, but it wasn't. It's fine, it was fine, everyone has issues with their parental figures when they're--when they're thirteen.
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N...No...?
[Oh god, he hates that rising tone at the end of that, hates how shaky he sounds. Of course he didn't feel unsafe, Bro was awesome and. And knew everything. He never let Dave get hurt, not really hurt, he made sure he didn't crack his skull open when he fell trying to get his stupid egg totem and he took him to the hospital when he broke his collarbone, all the rest of the stuff was incidental, it was just a game, if he'd said anything
(bro would have been disappointed would have ignored him had better things to do)
it would have stopped. He never took it too far. He just...Bro was really devoted to his creed. That's all it was.]
This--this isn't about me. We had kind of a weird relationship, but it wasn't. It's fine, it was fine, everyone has issues with their parental figures when they're--when they're thirteen.