"It's not just that I feel like I have to - although I kind of do." Claude finally lifts his head to look at Felix directly. "I also want to, for...well, the same reasons I feel like I have to. I don't think anyone else could do as good of a job as I can. I think it's fair to say I get you guys, right? How's anyone who doesn't understand you all as well as I do supposed to help you with things as well as I can? And you all mean too much to me to just...let someone else come in and do a bad job. Like someone who doesn't stop Sylvain from using jokes that tear himself down, or who doesn't know how to help you share things, or who doesn't know how to distract Dimitri when he's starting to beat himself up again, or who doesn't know how to help Grant relax.
"What am I supposed to do? Let those things go undone? Let someone else do them badly because I'm not up to it? I can't. I won't. It's too important. You guys are too important." He shakes his head. "And I don't consider you guys being miserable when I could do anything to help to be low stakes."
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Date: 2021-02-22 06:40 am (UTC)"What am I supposed to do? Let those things go undone? Let someone else do them badly because I'm not up to it? I can't. I won't. It's too important. You guys are too important." He shakes his head. "And I don't consider you guys being miserable when I could do anything to help to be low stakes."