[ he nods a little. these talks are hard, they're painful, and sometimes they make him feel terrible - because they show him just how far he still has to climb to be the kind of man he wishes he were. but they're good for him. they help. ]
Thanks for not giving up on me.
[ he knows he's giving him plenty of reasons to. but it's that very reason that made him so attached to jim. he doesn't give him anything but friendship in return, jim doesn't need him to make anything for him, do anything for him, and he still cares. it means the world to him, and little by little, he's starting to believe that it can stay that way, it can hold, that hanging around him can be incentive enough to hang around him. ]
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Thanks for not giving up on me.
[ he knows he's giving him plenty of reasons to. but it's that very reason that made him so attached to jim. he doesn't give him anything but friendship in return, jim doesn't need him to make anything for him, do anything for him, and he still cares. it means the world to him, and little by little, he's starting to believe that it can stay that way, it can hold, that hanging around him can be incentive enough to hang around him. ]