"Yeah." What a nightmare. Robbie had to be more careful about what he said. If he navigated reminiscing properly, if he demonstrated that he could talk about this without crumbling, without reminding Vance of the worst...
He doesn't know what the best case scenario might be. "I think you're wrong. The only thing I used to be scared of was my parents finding out. If someone'd told me that there were going to be days like that, like the other day... well, I wouldn't have believed them, anyway."
Days when he was so sure he was going to die that elusive parental approval seemed laughable in comparison.
"You wouldn't have believed in Jake Waffles either. But I don't have to be that dumb kid again - I just have to wait it out, and everything that's been kicked up by the mind whammy will settle down again. Because you're right at the same time. It's about ignoring them to keep going."
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He doesn't know what the best case scenario might be. "I think you're wrong. The only thing I used to be scared of was my parents finding out. If someone'd told me that there were going to be days like that, like the other day... well, I wouldn't have believed them, anyway."
Days when he was so sure he was going to die that elusive parental approval seemed laughable in comparison.
"You wouldn't have believed in Jake Waffles either. But I don't have to be that dumb kid again - I just have to wait it out, and everything that's been kicked up by the mind whammy will settle down again. Because you're right at the same time. It's about ignoring them to keep going."