[It's said in a matter-of-fact way, not self-deprecating.]
I am... really fucking terrible, actually. But that's how come I know the difference between being bad and just being born a certain way that people don't like. And that's bullshit. And you don't deserve to be treated bad 'cause of it.
[He's not quite comfortable with laughing about this when she was looking so upset a minute ago.]
I'm not saying it's okay to hurt people, but there's a difference between doing it because you have to and doing it because you want to. A big difference.
I'll do my best. Purely out of my affection for you.
( Trying to be light, because that's the only real way she has of coping, even if it ring false. Excuse her, she is going to just wrap him up in a hug and rest her chin on his shoulder. )
Is it okay if we just hang around here for a while, or do you need to go somewhere?
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( Let her just rest her cheek on his shoulder, squeezing him as well before she pulls back. )
You're a good man, Jesse.
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[It's said in a matter-of-fact way, not self-deprecating.]
I am... really fucking terrible, actually. But that's how come I know the difference between being bad and just being born a certain way that people don't like. And that's bullshit. And you don't deserve to be treated bad 'cause of it.
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( It's just what hybrids have to do. But, as Max said, she could be doing worse with the hand she's been dealt. Easing back, she sits on her heels. )
Hey, now. I mean, my dental work alone. Horrific.
( They can laugh their way out of this, right? )
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I'm not saying it's okay to hurt people, but there's a difference between doing it because you have to and doing it because you want to. A big difference.
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If you regret it, that's different, too. Not everyone does.
( Those are the people she has to hurt. The ones who are guilty with no regret. )
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Yeah. Yeah, so... don't beat yourself up.
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( Trying to be light, because that's the only real way she has of coping, even if it ring false. Excuse her, she is going to just wrap him up in a hug and rest her chin on his shoulder. )
Is it okay if we just hang around here for a while, or do you need to go somewhere?
( her finest coping methods, contact and booze )
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[They have similar coping methods. He draws closer and snuggles right up to her.]
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BECAUSE HE IS
whatever she is just going to hug him for an embarrassingly long time, that's the way to adult. )