[Or constant crushing sadness, but yes. And her question is met by a long delay in which he tries to figure out what to tell her before realizing the pause itself makes the answer pretty clear and she'd doubtlessly see through the lie.
So he's honest instead, even though it's so difficult to say it.]
He didn't make it through what happened at home.
[And there's another delay, but shorter this time as he adds--]
When he was here it was before everything happened, for him. He didn't know.
[And Chris still isn't sure if it had been the right thing to do not to tell him, but he wants to think it was.]
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Date: 2016-09-02 01:28 am (UTC)So he's honest instead, even though it's so difficult to say it.]
He didn't make it through what happened at home.
[And there's another delay, but shorter this time as he adds--]
When he was here it was before everything happened, for him. He didn't know.
[And Chris still isn't sure if it had been the right thing to do not to tell him, but he wants to think it was.]