[He looks down, his expression deeply uncomfortable.]
I said... I wanted my family to be whole. I didn't even think about it, and I didn't mean what she thought. But ever since then she's talked about leaving, or not belonging in it, or... [He lifts his shoulders in a reluctant shrug. Well, she's done it, more or less.] How is that not on me?
[It... shouldn't be. Deep down, he knows that. The argument they'd shared had been broken on multiple levels, with issues he lacks the expertise to analyze but can recognize it as wrong. Still, still. This fight had a catalyst, and it started with his inability to let her set the terms of how they all move forward. Or... something. Right?]
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I said... I wanted my family to be whole. I didn't even think about it, and I didn't mean what she thought. But ever since then she's talked about leaving, or not belonging in it, or... [He lifts his shoulders in a reluctant shrug. Well, she's done it, more or less.] How is that not on me?
[It... shouldn't be. Deep down, he knows that. The argument they'd shared had been broken on multiple levels, with issues he lacks the expertise to analyze but can recognize it as wrong. Still, still. This fight had a catalyst, and it started with his inability to let her set the terms of how they all move forward. Or... something. Right?]