. . . The people who mind don't matter and the people who matter don't mind.
[It's said in the same tone Connor uses whenever he's quoting something. He doesn't attribute it, possibly because he doesn't remember where, exactly, he heard it. Dr. Seuss, maybe? It sounds like a Dr. Seuss thing.]
I - [The words catch on his tongue. He couldn't say them to Miguel, and he can't say them now.] I'm glad you keep me around.
[He would say that he's glad Shion is his friend, but that's . . . It's a little bit to the left of what he actually wants to say. This is closer, but still not quite what he should be saying.]
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[It's said in the same tone Connor uses whenever he's quoting something. He doesn't attribute it, possibly because he doesn't remember where, exactly, he heard it. Dr. Seuss, maybe? It sounds like a Dr. Seuss thing.]
I - [The words catch on his tongue. He couldn't say them to Miguel, and he can't say them now.] I'm glad you keep me around.
[He would say that he's glad Shion is his friend, but that's . . . It's a little bit to the left of what he actually wants to say. This is closer, but still not quite what he should be saying.]