You don't have to abandon them. You can talk to them about anythin' and support them and...whatever. You have my blessings and you don't have to worry about me ever again, in this or anythin' else. So it'll be ok.

[ it'll be fine. it's a manta he remembers from before, and he repeats the words often enough they're nearly meaningless. ]

You were right. I was right, all along, when I said it wouldn't work, and it was a stop gap measure. It'd fuck things up and we won't do it any longer, and I know how to go through life without needin' to hand out pieces of my soul to anyone, so - it'll be ok. Please just focus on the people who'll still accept needin' you.