[Ah. Fuck. Look at him, looking like a kicked puppy, making Mr Respect Doesn't Make History here actually feel a tiny bit bad for what he said. How dare he? The nerve!
Another sigh.] Look, Dimitri, I know-- I know this is hard for you, that we can't fix trauma overnight. That's not how the human mind works, even if mages swear they can "heal it" that way. [It's not healing, as far as Jaskier is concerned. Only throwing the problem under the rug.] There isn't much I can do about the image you have of yourself... But promise me, at the very least, that you'll at least try to trust Claude's word? And all your boyfriends', for that matter. [You can tell he's being serious because he doesn't add "Felix's is optional though" in there.] What he sees in you is real - you just haven't found it in yourself yet.
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Another sigh.] Look, Dimitri, I know-- I know this is hard for you, that we can't fix trauma overnight. That's not how the human mind works, even if mages swear they can "heal it" that way. [It's not healing, as far as Jaskier is concerned. Only throwing the problem under the rug.] There isn't much I can do about the image you have of yourself... But promise me, at the very least, that you'll at least try to trust Claude's word? And all your boyfriends', for that matter. [You can tell he's being serious because he doesn't add "Felix's is optional though" in there.] What he sees in you is real - you just haven't found it in yourself yet.