[It's difficult for him to understand how Ryan feels about his parents, and he doesn't like to ask. His own parents are overbearing and it feels like a miracle they even let him go off with Ryan after he disappeared for so long. They make him feel smothered sometimes, even when they're hundreds of miles away, but when they find themselves trapped in worlds where there's no way to contact home he misses them. He doesn't like to think about Ryan regretting the loss of contact.]
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[It's difficult for him to understand how Ryan feels about his parents, and he doesn't like to ask. His own parents are overbearing and it feels like a miracle they even let him go off with Ryan after he disappeared for so long. They make him feel smothered sometimes, even when they're hundreds of miles away, but when they find themselves trapped in worlds where there's no way to contact home he misses them. He doesn't like to think about Ryan regretting the loss of contact.]
He never deserved the effort anyway.