[He can talk to Jeb about this, can't he? He craves comfort from the other boy, the sort of warmth he doesn't know where else to find right now.]

I found out...a lot of things that I wish I hadn't. [His voice creaks with unshed tears, and there is an ache lodged in the back of his throat.] About what will happen to me in the future... [His voice shrinks.] ...who I'll become...