[Maybe it's because it's still so recent for him - maybe it's because he still wakes up at times with a piercing pain in his chest, sure he's going to look down and see a hook through the meat of his shoulder.
The admission makes his chest tight in an unpleasant way.]
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The admission makes his chest tight in an unpleasant way.]
I'm glad you didn't have a choice.
[It's sharper than he means it to be.]