[That makes him feel worse, enough that Dirk will actually glance away. He'd thought he'd been prepared for Jake to be hurt by this, enough that handling it would be easy. He was wrong, no matter how often he'd seen similar expressions on him over the years, it never got any easier.
But this was too important to back down on, so when he's steady in his resolve, he rolls his shoulders back with a careless shrug, tossing Jake a look]
You're the one that wanted them. Seems fitting that you look after them.
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But this was too important to back down on, so when he's steady in his resolve, he rolls his shoulders back with a careless shrug, tossing Jake a look]
You're the one that wanted them. Seems fitting that you look after them.