You just -- [ said, but she cuts herself off. ]

Then yeah. You know what? Lie to him. Because he's thirteen and he doesn't need another heartbreak like what happened to Asch. Whatever happened to you? It's bad. I get that. I get that whatever it is fucking destroyed your foundation, but you can't spread that pain to kids who don't deserve it by dramatically declaring that you want to put your death on our consciousnesses.

You're older than me. Act like it.