[Billy doesn't have a good response to that; he's pretty sure it just boils down to a difference of opinion. Reasons can be discussed, debated, argued against. Reasons are the tools of negotiation, a pathway to working through a destructive situation. Reasons are everything. Without them all you have is mindless pain and inexplicably suffering. Without them it just makes people seem... well... evil.
He just can't agree.
The silence is prolonged, and again comes the desire to leave. Just go home, cry for a while, hug Teddy and maybe get yelled at for being reckless again. It would be so much easier.
Instead he focuses on his tea, watching the steam fade as it gradually gets cold in his hands, and speaks again in a voice barely above a whisper.]
[Action, October 4/5]
He just can't agree.
The silence is prolonged, and again comes the desire to leave. Just go home, cry for a while, hug Teddy and maybe get yelled at for being reckless again. It would be so much easier.
Instead he focuses on his tea, watching the steam fade as it gradually gets cold in his hands, and speaks again in a voice barely above a whisper.]
Why did you call me?