[He moves his hand over Wylan's, squeezing gently.]
To be fair, I would have to work to be worse than the bastard.
I'm fucked up as a person. That's just an objective fact. But I've been working to be better, and I've learned how to keep it from hitting the people who don't deserve it when I'm hitting a low point. Like you. And Choco. Most kids.
You're old enough and smart enough that I was willing to take the risk for you. At the very least, I wasn't going to make you worse, and you should get something better, even if its not as much as you deserve.
The bad times are fewer. Still there, but far fewer.
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To be fair, I would have to work to be worse than the bastard.
I'm fucked up as a person. That's just an objective fact. But I've been working to be better, and I've learned how to keep it from hitting the people who don't deserve it when I'm hitting a low point. Like you. And Choco. Most kids.
You're old enough and smart enough that I was willing to take the risk for you. At the very least, I wasn't going to make you worse, and you should get something better, even if its not as much as you deserve.
The bad times are fewer. Still there, but far fewer.