[ Oh, fuck. There he goes, putting his foot in his mouth again. That's not what he was trying to say at all, not what he was implying.
Dennis may have done the same exact thing to him that Simon did, and it fucking sucked when he woke up to that realization, but he wasn't trying to say that Dennis is just like Simon. The two of them are both very different from each other. ]
No, Dennis, that's not - I wasn't trying to say that you're like him, or that you're trying -
[ He has to stop for a second. Joe doesn't often admit when he's hurt, that he can be hurt, doesn't really own up to being vulnerable like that, and he's not really admitting it now, not directly, but it still makes him a little anxious. ]
- trying to hurt me. I know you're not. [ I hope you're not. ] I'm just trying to explain why I try so hard to be patient. Because I know what it feels like [ twice, now ] and I don't want to do that to you.
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Dennis may have done the same exact thing to him that Simon did, and it fucking sucked when he woke up to that realization, but he wasn't trying to say that Dennis is just like Simon. The two of them are both very different from each other. ]
No, Dennis, that's not - I wasn't trying to say that you're like him, or that you're trying -
[ He has to stop for a second. Joe doesn't often admit when he's hurt, that he can be hurt, doesn't really own up to being vulnerable like that, and he's not really admitting it now, not directly, but it still makes him a little anxious. ]
- trying to hurt me. I know you're not. [ I hope you're not. ] I'm just trying to explain why I try so hard to be patient. Because I know what it feels like [ twice, now ] and I don't want to do that to you.