[ He does listen, and maybe he hears it more than he would from almost anyone. Brainy can come at this from a similar mindset and, unlike Vance, Robbie hasn't heard it all from him before. So it comes across as fresh, and not a repeated reassurance.
He tries a few times to point out that some of this he already knew, but he never gets more than I- out. Robbie does want to claim credit that he basically just said that it could've been anyone, but he didn't use those exact words. "Crushing fugue of mental illness" takes the wind out of his sails, though. It's harsh, and true, and it makes him think that he really is scrabbling for whatever respect he can salvage. If that's what the people who empathize think of him, how bad does it look to everyone else if he stays on the team?
No one's mentioned him leaving, and, to be fair, Robbie doesn't entertain it long because Brainy finishes on such a high note, for a guy who doesn't make motivational speeches. Throwing Robbie's words back in his face like that - and Robbie does recognize them - it's a good move when he's starting to wonder if he's going to get called a hypocrite by Washington and company. If he argues, he really is a hypocrite. ]
You sprocking suck, Querl.
[ He looked up how to say it in Interlac just for you. ]
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He tries a few times to point out that some of this he already knew, but he never gets more than I- out. Robbie does want to claim credit that he basically just said that it could've been anyone, but he didn't use those exact words. "Crushing fugue of mental illness" takes the wind out of his sails, though. It's harsh, and true, and it makes him think that he really is scrabbling for whatever respect he can salvage. If that's what the people who empathize think of him, how bad does it look to everyone else if he stays on the team?
No one's mentioned him leaving, and, to be fair, Robbie doesn't entertain it long because Brainy finishes on such a high note, for a guy who doesn't make motivational speeches. Throwing Robbie's words back in his face like that - and Robbie does recognize them - it's a good move when he's starting to wonder if he's going to get called a hypocrite by Washington and company. If he argues, he really is a hypocrite. ]
You sprocking suck, Querl.
[ He looked up how to say it in Interlac just for you. ]