[He doesn't want to agree. He doesn't want this to be hard. They've had to have it hard for long enough already, he doesn't want it to be harder still.
But it has to be, and it should be. It's hard, accepting that on one level even as he rebels against it on a different one.]
I just...don't want you to think we abandoned you. Because if — if you're going to think that, even once, even for a second...then I can't go. I won't. Okay?
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[He doesn't want to agree. He doesn't want this to be hard. They've had to have it hard for long enough already, he doesn't want it to be harder still.
But it has to be, and it should be. It's hard, accepting that on one level even as he rebels against it on a different one.]
I just...don't want you to think we abandoned you. Because if — if you're going to think that, even once, even for a second...then I can't go. I won't. Okay?