[Jeb knows too much. Jeb can see through him. He's weak. He will be strong stop being weak be strong. He won't need anyone. He will wait for his sister, and hope for Kaori and Sayo, and he won't need anyone else. He forces these thoughts through his head; he tries to empty himself of everything else.
Although he tries to tame the rawness in his voice, it strains at every other word.]
Because everyone else knows to leave me alone. [But how many others in this village still tried to reach out to him? How many times had he been bewildered by the persistence of kindness here? No, it's all fake. Fake, fake, fake, because nobody is kind.]
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Although he tries to tame the rawness in his voice, it strains at every other word.]
Because everyone else knows to leave me alone. [But how many others in this village still tried to reach out to him? How many times had he been bewildered by the persistence of kindness here? No, it's all fake. Fake, fake, fake, because nobody is kind.]