[ Just natural venting. It feels weird to be doing this, both with someone who's not Cairo and in regards to this specifically. You never talk about family. It's one of those things you push under the rug and let sit there on the tip of everyone's tongue, wondering why little Riley's walking home from school, why she was the only person who had to reschedule her parent-teacher conference, why she doesn't have her permission slip signed.
But in a way she's never had before, she can...talk about this. How strange. ]
Of course I was going to stick with you. You were kind of a jerk sometimes, but you were never an asshole. At least you were never that way to me. That's what I thought it would be like with him when I was a kid. Someone to always be on my side.
[ I'll always be on—
...That's different. That's very different. ]
If it matters at all, I hope you stay the Steve you are now. I like him. Even if others don't.
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But in a way she's never had before, she can...talk about this. How strange. ]
Of course I was going to stick with you. You were kind of a jerk sometimes, but you were never an asshole.
At least you were never that way to me.
That's what I thought it would be like with him when I was a kid. Someone to always be on my side.
[ I'll always be on—
...That's different. That's very different. ]
If it matters at all, I hope you stay the Steve you are now. I like him. Even if others don't.