[He flinches sharply, suddenly aware that there's no way to answer that that won't imply I wanted to, even though that isn't what he means at all; his gaze immediately darts away, his breathing shallow while he tries to find something, anything to say -
but you're never going to make progress on your own, you'll just keep "working on it" until someone holds your hand through it, and it's not like they will because they just want you to shut up and they think you're too stupid to understand
- and in the end, he decides to just not say anything, his hands forming fists at his sides; he shakes his head a few times, the gesture tight, but he doesn't respond verbally.]
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[He flinches sharply, suddenly aware that there's no way to answer that that won't imply I wanted to, even though that isn't what he means at all; his gaze immediately darts away, his breathing shallow while he tries to find something, anything to say -
but you're never going to make progress on your own, you'll just keep "working on it" until someone holds your hand through it, and it's not like they will because they just want you to shut up and they think you're too stupid to understand
- and in the end, he decides to just not say anything, his hands forming fists at his sides; he shakes his head a few times, the gesture tight, but he doesn't respond verbally.]