[There isn't an easy answer to her question that doesn't involve saying far more than he wants to. She's already seen him behave strangely, but she doesn't know any of the reasons behind it and he really doesn't want to get into them at all, much less with Raven in the room. There isn't an easy answer for this, and the last thing he wants to do is push her further away when she's actually trying now.
It's better than it was. She's doing better than she was last week.
Maybe I just want you to kill me, like you almost let me do to you. So I don't have to consider anything anymore, so maybe I can stop having this stupid hope that things will get better.
He doesn't like the answer he comes to, but it's the only one he has.]
Because I'd rather not see you hurt yourself any more than you already have, miss Dorothy.
I was... in a particularly bad place and someone offered me something to hold on to, for just a little longer.
I want to pay that forward, I think.
[Again, he doesn't look at Raven. It's more than he wanted to admit and he can feel the urge to just leave rising, but she's trying. So he'll try too. Just this once.]
cw: suicidal ideation mention
It's better than it was. She's doing better than she was last week.
Maybe I just want you to kill me, like you almost let me do to you. So I don't have to consider anything anymore, so maybe I can stop having this stupid hope that things will get better.
He doesn't like the answer he comes to, but it's the only one he has.]
Because I'd rather not see you hurt yourself any more than you already have, miss Dorothy.
I was... in a particularly bad place and someone offered me something to hold on to, for just a little longer.
I want to pay that forward, I think.
[Again, he doesn't look at Raven. It's more than he wanted to admit and he can feel the urge to just leave rising, but she's trying. So he'll try too. Just this once.]