[It's a flimsy start and a terrible answer. He knows both of these things, and yet, finding a way to articulate it without sounding like he's either lobbying for pity or trying to brush it off entirely is difficult. His heart might as well be sewn out on his sleeve, sure enough, but tact is another thing entirely.]
Didn't feel anything after a while, if that makes it any better?
[Which is also a duh answer, considering the outcome of that whole catastrophe.]
Everyone else was--you were okay, right? Worth it, however it felt, if no one else had to deal with it.
[Even if nothing in that explains just how he's even having this conversation when he should be very, very not present. Still, he's starting to look about as worn as he sounds, and the optimistic sincerity that would usually make such a sentiment easier to swallow by virtue of how ridiculous it sounded has started to fade.]
this is old af i'm sorry
[It's a flimsy start and a terrible answer. He knows both of these things, and yet, finding a way to articulate it without sounding like he's either lobbying for pity or trying to brush it off entirely is difficult. His heart might as well be sewn out on his sleeve, sure enough, but tact is another thing entirely.]
Didn't feel anything after a while, if that makes it any better?
[Which is also a duh answer, considering the outcome of that whole catastrophe.]
Everyone else was--you were okay, right? Worth it, however it felt, if no one else had to deal with it.
[Even if nothing in that explains just how he's even having this conversation when he should be very, very not present. Still, he's starting to look about as worn as he sounds, and the optimistic sincerity that would usually make such a sentiment easier to swallow by virtue of how ridiculous it sounded has started to fade.]