[It's a weird question by his standards, and the look he gives Dean makes it obvious.] I'm fine, Dean. [Is that what that is? Concern? It's not exactly unwanted -- it's not that he especially minds -- but the truth is that if Dean stopped pushing people at him, he probably wouldn't notice and he almost definitely wouldn't care. He didn't like the loneliness before New Caprica, but here...
I've got you, he wants to say and absolutely doesn't. What would be the point? he doesn't say, either, because he knows that would only be upsetting. Both are true, which is a conflict he has yet to resolve.
He plays it off into teasing, instead.]
I promise, when I'm not here I'm not sitting by myself in the dark, okay?
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I've got you, he wants to say and absolutely doesn't. What would be the point? he doesn't say, either, because he knows that would only be upsetting. Both are true, which is a conflict he has yet to resolve.
He plays it off into teasing, instead.]
I promise, when I'm not here I'm not sitting by myself in the dark, okay?