[He gets it. He manages a wavering little smile, because it's good, that but. Dave Strider, he understands a good hurt. The kind of hurt that heals.]
Maybe more like yanking out a loose tooth than a kick in the gut, huh?
[The smile fades, but into thoughtfulness this time. He laces his fingers together, rubs the pad of his thumb against the side of the other hand, then says,]
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Maybe more like yanking out a loose tooth than a kick in the gut, huh?
[The smile fades, but into thoughtfulness this time. He laces his fingers together, rubs the pad of his thumb against the side of the other hand, then says,]
Will you say it to him? If you see him again.
['I think you should.'
He keeps that part to himself.]