[Harrison doesn't say a word, doesn't even try to interrupt. Doesn't even move. What is there for him to say? Harrison does care about Barry, he wants him to be safe, comfortable, happy, but he knows it doesn't seem like it anymore. And that's his fault.
If he was a good man, he'd apologize. Right now. Tell Barry he'd asked him here because he wanted to confess what he'd done and tell him he was never doing it again. But that's the part that would be a lie. Not right away, he could hold out for a time, distract himself, ignore the texts that arrive at three in the morning. Avoid, avoid, avoid. He could do that for a while.
But he's selfish. And greedy. And it's been a long time, possibly years, since he's had someone he could call a peer. He's not ready to let that go yet. Maybe he should be, if he was a better man maybe he would be, but he's not.]
I know. I don't...want to make you feel anything, Barry, I don't have the right to do that, I don't have the right to expect you to feel one way or another about this, I just want to be honest with you. And if you think that's me manipulating you, then I'm sorry to add that to everything else.
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If he was a good man, he'd apologize. Right now. Tell Barry he'd asked him here because he wanted to confess what he'd done and tell him he was never doing it again. But that's the part that would be a lie. Not right away, he could hold out for a time, distract himself, ignore the texts that arrive at three in the morning. Avoid, avoid, avoid. He could do that for a while.
But he's selfish. And greedy. And it's been a long time, possibly years, since he's had someone he could call a peer. He's not ready to let that go yet. Maybe he should be, if he was a better man maybe he would be, but he's not.]
I know. I don't...want to make you feel anything, Barry, I don't have the right to do that, I don't have the right to expect you to feel one way or another about this, I just want to be honest with you. And if you think that's me manipulating you, then I'm sorry to add that to everything else.