Thanks. Yeah, it's...you know. I don't think you can ever just "be over" something like that, but it was a long time ago now.
[It'll be there forever. But he's okay for right now.
Brett sighs and rises, going over to pick up the radio. There's a dent in the casing, but it might still function? He doesn't turn it on to check. Still turning it over in his hands, he comments]
Hey, at least you know I won't...do anything about this. I wouldn't anyway, of course, but - geez, I can't imagine going back to being thirteen.
[He's trying to make a joke. The absolute shitshow that was his adolescence was mostly shaped by the accident. But......you know, even if changing things somehow netted him the perfect high school experience, he's in his thirties, he is not interested in any high school experience.]
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[It'll be there forever. But he's okay for right now.
Brett sighs and rises, going over to pick up the radio. There's a dent in the casing, but it might still function? He doesn't turn it on to check. Still turning it over in his hands, he comments]
Hey, at least you know I won't...do anything about this. I wouldn't anyway, of course, but - geez, I can't imagine going back to being thirteen.
[He's trying to make a joke. The absolute shitshow that was his adolescence was mostly shaped by the accident. But......you know, even if changing things somehow netted him the perfect high school experience, he's in his thirties, he is not interested in any high school experience.]