[hhhhh. why can't stupid stuff just translate properly without any further explanation or judgment.
he buys himself some time by rubbing at his face and pacing away a couple feet.]
I, I dunno! [not true. he grimaces.] I mean-- [hhh.] I can't stop...thinking about...how other people are getting along. [...] Together, I guess. C-coupled up.
[he whirls around quickly to emphatically make clear:] Which is fine! It's good, actually! That's...how people operate, right? Needing other people. [he starts to wither with a wincing expression.]
That's just...not how I get to operate. For a lot of reasons. And that shouldn't bother me, but I'm bothered. [his eyebrow twitches, aware of the feeling of static creeping under his skin and fluffing his hair.] And it's messing with my head! Okay?
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he buys himself some time by rubbing at his face and pacing away a couple feet.]
I, I dunno! [not true. he grimaces.] I mean-- [hhh.] I can't stop...thinking about...how other people are getting along. [...] Together, I guess. C-coupled up.
[he whirls around quickly to emphatically make clear:] Which is fine! It's good, actually! That's...how people operate, right? Needing other people. [he starts to wither with a wincing expression.]
That's just...not how I get to operate. For a lot of reasons. And that shouldn't bother me, but I'm bothered. [his eyebrow twitches, aware of the feeling of static creeping under his skin and fluffing his hair.] And it's messing with my head! Okay?
Stupid stuff.