[Dave's quiet a moment before he closes his eyes, too.]

Fair. ...Probably doesn't help that we room together, and... I dunno. Pale hooked up first?

[That's definitely not the terminology.]

I probably just made shit worse, the way I treat you. I just... I had a lot of time to think about the life you were going through out there on that island, and I don't. I don't know how you did it and still managed to give a shit about me and Rose and John, running around like idiots not even comprehending how shitty you had it. ...And I guess I overcompensated for my thirteen-year-old self saying you probably needed protecting.

[Ugh. Fuck. Feelings suck, but--but Jade's the one who needs this the most, now. He can't keep being a child about it.]