[ All of this sounds very familiar to Kurt, and not just because he's helped counsel teenagers for years. He's been on both sides of that difficult conversation. It's strange, he muses, how things don't change. ]
That's a good instinct, Varian. But you have to trust her -- trust both of them -- to know what they want as well. Ruby is with you because she wants to be with you. If she chooses that again now, knowing what she knows, then that is her choice to make.
[He knows Kurt is right. And he knows he has to have faith in Ruby's choices. It would be dismissive of her if he didn't. The self-loathing monster at the back of his head makes that difficult sometimes, though. He finally picks up his fork- he's still just kind of...shoves his food around, but it's a step forward.]
...Yeah. I know. And I'm really glad she did, even if I don't understand it half the time, I trust that she does.
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That's a good instinct, Varian. But you have to trust her -- trust both of them -- to know what they want as well. Ruby is with you because she wants to be with you. If she chooses that again now, knowing what she knows, then that is her choice to make.
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...Yeah. I know. And I'm really glad she did, even if I don't understand it half the time, I trust that she does.
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I think that I'm on my way to forgiving you for throwing a sticky bomb at me.
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Hah. Good. I'm glad for... uh. Glad for that anyway.