[there's almost the tiniest tinge of surprise in his answer — like maybe he doesn't get asked that very often. he's the one who always has his shit sorted, or at least he goes out of his way to make sure he looks like he does. Dave aims to be the one his friends don't have to worry about, because he's the one who's always there to bail them out of trouble, not the other way around.]
[that hadn't really been working out so well, before he came here. that's why he's actually not okay, but it'd be really tough to see that on his face, aside from that little tiny bit of surprise. but maybe Rion would understand better than he thinks.]
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[there's almost the tiniest tinge of surprise in his answer — like maybe he doesn't get asked that very often. he's the one who always has his shit sorted, or at least he goes out of his way to make sure he looks like he does. Dave aims to be the one his friends don't have to worry about, because he's the one who's always there to bail them out of trouble, not the other way around.]
[that hadn't really been working out so well, before he came here. that's why he's actually not okay, but it'd be really tough to see that on his face, aside from that little tiny bit of surprise. but maybe Rion would understand better than he thinks.]