[ He grimaces, having wanted to attempt explaining how he felt to offer... something. Not continue arguing, or making Jack more upset. He's silent for a minute, then - ]
I know that you understand what it feels like to... never be able to hold onto something, without it costing something else.
[ To not be allowed to have something good, without messing it up in some way - because of something inherently wrong with you - your birth, your blood, your whole being. All he has ever been able to do to survive is move forward, and he has never felt so untethered as he does now. ]
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I know that you understand what it feels like to... never be able to hold onto something, without it costing something else.
[ To not be allowed to have something good, without messing it up in some way - because of something inherently wrong with you - your birth, your blood, your whole being. All he has ever been able to do to survive is move forward, and he has never felt so untethered as he does now. ]