The boy was determined to be stubborn, to defy anything Chulane suggested. Chuy frowned, mostly from actual pain, the rest from frustration. He had a hand still pressed to his forehead, but it moved to pinch the bridge of his nose instead.
"Stop twisting my words you obstinate little shit." He retorted sharply, in about as annoyed a tone as he could ever muster. He was sick of it, of the gaslighting, the diverting, the ducking away from owning this one simple good deed, or accepting any help in return.
"Why, Korbin? Why? You claim you'd dump me back out there, and yet when you actually had the chance to, you didn't. Why?" He was looking at the boy now, his mind still foggy from the incessant ache, but he forced himself to focus, to at least ask the question.
He wanted an answer, but he wouldn't be surprised if he earned another hit to his face instead. Surely on some level Korbin could see the hypocriticalness of it all, could empathise with how they all saw him, as a lost, hurt boy needing help. It was only natural to want to help, right?
There was no quick-fix for what Korbin was going through, but there was a way forward, if only he could find it, accept the gentle guidance and help offered to him, and begin those first steps out of the abyss.
"Stop twisting my words you obstinate little shit." He retorted sharply, in about as annoyed a tone as he could ever muster. He was sick of it, of the gaslighting, the diverting, the ducking away from owning this one simple good deed, or accepting any help in return.
"Why, Korbin? Why? You claim you'd dump me back out there, and yet when you actually had the chance to, you didn't. Why?" He was looking at the boy now, his mind still foggy from the incessant ache, but he forced himself to focus, to at least ask the question.
He wanted an answer, but he wouldn't be surprised if he earned another hit to his face instead. Surely on some level Korbin could see the hypocriticalness of it all, could empathise with how they all saw him, as a lost, hurt boy needing help. It was only natural to want to help, right?
There was no quick-fix for what Korbin was going through, but there was a way forward, if only he could find it, accept the gentle guidance and help offered to him, and begin those first steps out of the abyss.
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