"Traps aren't always intentional." Tony fired back before pausing, as if realizing he was sinking to some ridiculous depths just to argue semantics with a teenager. He shook his head.
"You have clearly been upset about a lot of things from the moment we said "hi" today and you didn't know how to express it. Fear, denial, whatever, I'm sure you know deep down. And now it's coming out all at once. And that's fine." Tony started again, making some placating gestures at the young man. "I get it. Maybe it doesn't seem like it, but I do. And that's why I'm not leaving."
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"You have clearly been upset about a lot of things from the moment we said "hi" today and you didn't know how to express it. Fear, denial, whatever, I'm sure you know deep down. And now it's coming out all at once. And that's fine." Tony started again, making some placating gestures at the young man. "I get it. Maybe it doesn't seem like it, but I do. And that's why I'm not leaving."