[There's a long pause on Levi's end as he takes that in. He wasn't expecting, well...any of it.
"I think you probably know that better than anybody, right?"
At first, it just felt like his loneliness was being rubbed in his face. Yeah, Levi sure knows what it's like to be cripplingly lonely! He sure rants about how sad and pathetic he is about it enough! But Barrett speaking plainly about how worried he and the rest of the family gets about it is eye-opening, to say the least.
It makes him curl up a little more tightly as he lies on his bed.]
...I've been doing better. Kara's helping me with that.
N-Not that I'm dismissing what you've done for me or anything. I don't know how to explain it well, but sometimes it's really hard to accept kind words when you're stuck in your own head. I've been trying to get out of that habit.
What you said just now...actually meant a lot to hear. So...thanks.
[With that said...he makes a noise of affirmation.]
Mm. I think it'd be really good if we could. We're supposed to be the protagonists, right? We can't end up on the villainous side.
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"I think you probably know that better than anybody, right?"
At first, it just felt like his loneliness was being rubbed in his face. Yeah, Levi sure knows what it's like to be cripplingly lonely! He sure rants about how sad and pathetic he is about it enough! But Barrett speaking plainly about how worried he and the rest of the family gets about it is eye-opening, to say the least.
It makes him curl up a little more tightly as he lies on his bed.]
...I've been doing better. Kara's helping me with that.
N-Not that I'm dismissing what you've done for me or anything. I don't know how to explain it well, but sometimes it's really hard to accept kind words when you're stuck in your own head. I've been trying to get out of that habit.
What you said just now...actually meant a lot to hear. So...thanks.
[With that said...he makes a noise of affirmation.]
Mm. I think it'd be really good if we could. We're supposed to be the protagonists, right? We can't end up on the villainous side.