[ sometimes you just want to lay on the ground and allow the world to temporarily swallow you up. they can just stare up into the tree boughs together. ]

Yeah, it would be. [ it's... too much like leaving his little hometown and wandering into the big city, only nothing about it is right. ] ...And I'm fine.

[ he sounds a wee bit defensive about it, because he's a teenager. ]

It's a lot to take in. But we don't have time to deny what's happening. Not if we want to help our teams.