[Pepper can see how hard Billy's trying to say what he needs to without showing too much--how he fights to manage even that small smile he gives her.
He's a good kid. Genuinely good.]
You didn't have to give him a chance. You could've just assumed he was like the one you know--or that he would be eventually. But you actually got to know him instead.
[Which is exactly what Pepper wants; Billy's done it, had before she ever got there, because it was right.]
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[Pepper can see how hard Billy's trying to say what he needs to without showing too much--how he fights to manage even that small smile he gives her.
He's a good kid. Genuinely good.]
You didn't have to give him a chance. You could've just assumed he was like the one you know--or that he would be eventually. But you actually got to know him instead.
[Which is exactly what Pepper wants; Billy's done it, had before she ever got there, because it was right.]