... I don't want to destroy anything by speaking too much about myself if what I am and what I come from is too upsetting to hear about.

[ it's very raw, but honest. ]

I'm - learning that people don't want the real "me," and it isn't right to inflict it.

[ but even as he says it, for her efforts and her clear intent to try and help, he reaches over and gently holds her against him as they move. more hesitant than he was before the loss of his body, but a little better than after the bartending game when he'd had to comfort and perform. ]