He...can't clarify his point when he's not sure what his own point is. What can he fall back on here to find it? What he wants—who asked him that. That was Beat, wasn't it. He has to decide whether this is about avoiding his mother, or protecting people from her, or trying to help her. Or, if he can, do more than one of those things. But one has to come first, if he wants to be sure he has a goal...
So, his first answer is a blink. It's almost a brush-off. He could say, I'll be fine. What I'm really worried about is— and he'd be a dirty fucking liar and have to sit with that on his conscience.
So.
...
He can't say yes; he can't say no. (He's mortified.) He doesn't have a truth to tell. Can he tell what's getting in the way of the truth?]
...Anything I do about her is going to have repercussions. Anything I don't do about her is even more likely to have repercussions. [...Ugh.] And...it's been a while since I had a real goal in mind, regarding her.
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Date: 2023-06-20 06:50 pm (UTC)...Or is it?
He...can't clarify his point when he's not sure what his own point is. What can he fall back on here to find it? What he wants—who asked him that. That was Beat, wasn't it. He has to decide whether this is about avoiding his mother, or protecting people from her, or trying to help her. Or, if he can, do more than one of those things. But one has to come first, if he wants to be sure he has a goal...
So, his first answer is a blink. It's almost a brush-off. He could say, I'll be fine. What I'm really worried about is— and he'd be a dirty fucking liar and have to sit with that on his conscience.
So.
...
He can't say yes; he can't say no. (He's mortified.) He doesn't have a truth to tell. Can he tell what's getting in the way of the truth?]
...Anything I do about her is going to have repercussions. Anything I don't do about her is even more likely to have repercussions. [...Ugh.] And...it's been a while since I had a real goal in mind, regarding her.