[He only FEELS ancient. Especially next to this younger version of himself.]
[And he wonders if he was ever this insecure. Probably was. But it's different when you're the only one versus a family.]
They know you aren't. They weren't at your age, and they all know I wasn't at your age, either. But that doesn't negate our natural urge to protect the younger ones as best we can. We don't want you to get hurt, even if we logically know you can handle it.
[He picks up one of his own fries.] And we're all about to have an existential crisis about B, I'm certain.
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[And he wonders if he was ever this insecure. Probably was. But it's different when you're the only one versus a family.]
They know you aren't. They weren't at your age, and they all know I wasn't at your age, either. But that doesn't negate our natural urge to protect the younger ones as best we can. We don't want you to get hurt, even if we logically know you can handle it.
[He picks up one of his own fries.] And we're all about to have an existential crisis about B, I'm certain.