[In the end, what he's feeling comes down to two basic choices: he can be supportive, or he can be an ass. Both are well represented right now. And maybe being supportive would be the asshole thing to do, and maybe he won't be able to tip things either way here, now, or ever. He doesn't have that kind of power.
But what if he does. There is one thing, and he's not sure which side of the fence it ultimately falls on, but he does know this. Sometimes he wonders what would have happened if he'd told John, told Sam, pointblank and plainly. Probably not much. And Felix already knows anyway, so it's not like there's much that can change here, either.
He orders himself to stop overthinking it, and his voice is even and tense when he speaks at last.] I don't want you to go.
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[In the end, what he's feeling comes down to two basic choices: he can be supportive, or he can be an ass. Both are well represented right now. And maybe being supportive would be the asshole thing to do, and maybe he won't be able to tip things either way here, now, or ever. He doesn't have that kind of power.
But what if he does. There is one thing, and he's not sure which side of the fence it ultimately falls on, but he does know this. Sometimes he wonders what would have happened if he'd told John, told Sam, pointblank and plainly. Probably not much. And Felix already knows anyway, so it's not like there's much that can change here, either.
He orders himself to stop overthinking it, and his voice is even and tense when he speaks at last.] I don't want you to go.