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[He sighed. This was... a lot.]

I'll stay with him, then. Keep an eye on him, anyway. But, if he's not invited in the house, then it feels weird for me to stay.

After everything last month, I don't have it in me to talk through this with you like I have with other adults making decisions I didn't agree with.

[Although he knew that Willow wouldn't punctuate this with a bullet and a long drop, that particular wound in his psyche never healed cleanly.

He was tired of peptalking adults who should know better than to rely on their kneejerk reactions and split their resources at a sign of trouble. ]