"my pain is unexceptional, so I don't feel the need to, like, I don't know, burden everybody with it, you know?"
it is so fascinating yet so exhausting to navigate the world as a combination of both Benji and David. because then you're feeling everything at such a depth, while also being aware of everyone else's pain, that it becomes impossible to let it out and acknowledge it. what becomes easier instead though is moving forward, burying that pain even…