[He can't say anything to that. What Dave wants to do is all Dirk can do. It's one-sided in more than one way. He doesn't know how to explain it all, to say that it isn't that Dave is wrong about things changing, it isn't that he doesn't think Dave has a right to set boundaries and refuse to go past them. It hurts and it matters but it isn't the thing.
It's that Dirk is trapped. Not that Dave won't believe him, but that Dave refuses to accept that it's possible Dirk might be sincere, refuses to allow for even the possibility that how Dirk feels is true for all its contradictions and mistakes. It's that he doesn't seem to even be trying to listen.
But it's selfish to ask that of Dave. It's unfair. It's a burden. It's manipulation, isn't it? And he can't find a way to it that doesn't make Dave hurt.]
Dave, I... If that's a boundary you want to set, I'll respect it.
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It's that Dirk is trapped. Not that Dave won't believe him, but that Dave refuses to accept that it's possible Dirk might be sincere, refuses to allow for even the possibility that how Dirk feels is true for all its contradictions and mistakes. It's that he doesn't seem to even be trying to listen.
But it's selfish to ask that of Dave. It's unfair. It's a burden. It's manipulation, isn't it? And he can't find a way to it that doesn't make Dave hurt.]
Dave, I... If that's a boundary you want to set, I'll respect it.