[He's quiet for a bit. Wishing he'd brought another cup of coffee over here.
That's just how it is. Life's not fair. Some people can't handle the responsibility, the burden of-- whatever the hell it is that Kyle's faced. Some people break, they crack. They fail.
Sometimes they die. Sometimes they die scared.
Jim sets his jaw briefly, stubborn. More at the memory than at Kyle or what he's said.]
Try me.
[It's not bold, it's not brash. It's not even a challenge. It's just... an offer. He's sick of fighting. He wasn't lying when he said that Kyle and Rose were the closest things he's made to 'friends' since he got here. Jim doesn't make them easily either. What the hell does it say about him that Bones - Bones - was his first real one?]
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That's just how it is. Life's not fair. Some people can't handle the responsibility, the burden of-- whatever the hell it is that Kyle's faced. Some people break, they crack. They fail.
Sometimes they die. Sometimes they die scared.
Jim sets his jaw briefly, stubborn. More at the memory than at Kyle or what he's said.]
Try me.
[It's not bold, it's not brash. It's not even a challenge. It's just... an offer. He's sick of fighting. He wasn't lying when he said that Kyle and Rose were the closest things he's made to 'friends' since he got here. Jim doesn't make them easily either. What the hell does it say about him that Bones - Bones - was his first real one?]