[LISTEN sometimes you just have this dusty slang kicking around...]
You mean how they stick by you?
[It makes him wonder exactly what the hell was going on in his life before this. He's got inklings, but nothing solid on the who's, what,s, where's, and why's.]
I wouldn't say you have an obligation to repay every kind gesture as they come. It's more...well, if you see your chance to do the same for them, then go help them out. Be there for them too when they're down and out. Or frankly, just keep them company. Isn't that the reason we all get together in the first place?
...Right now though, I think the biggest favour you could do them is rest up and recover. [He smiles. Coughs a little, throat hoarse from all the drowning he's done in the last 48 hours.] Ain't no way you're fit for shit while you're throwing up last week's dinner.
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He's not angry. He just wishes it weren't so.]
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It's all right. We take real beatings from it, but the things we see and do there...they ain't the real deal.
[Makes you feel better to say so, don't it Rich?]
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[Still, he can't shake the thought: "Everyone is better off without you. You saw it. You saw them happier."]
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[it's enough to make you sick. Sicker, with how the kid's been ralphing on repeat for god knows how long.]
That never has and never will be true.
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Anyway, he just stays there, curled up against Richie's side.]
Everyone gives so much to me. But I don't always know what to give back to them.
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You mean how they stick by you?
[It makes him wonder exactly what the hell was going on in his life before this. He's got inklings, but nothing solid on the who's, what,s, where's, and why's.]
I wouldn't say you have an obligation to repay every kind gesture as they come. It's more...well, if you see your chance to do the same for them, then go help them out. Be there for them too when they're down and out. Or frankly, just keep them company. Isn't that the reason we all get together in the first place?
...Right now though, I think the biggest favour you could do them is rest up and recover. [He smiles. Coughs a little, throat hoarse from all the drowning he's done in the last 48 hours.] Ain't no way you're fit for shit while you're throwing up last week's dinner.
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[But, leaning against Richie, thinking about what he's saying, and nodding a little.]
I want to be able to that. I'm just... I'm not very skilled at it. I can't always find the right words.
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