[He answers her question a little more quietly, himself. Or maybe he's countering her first statement. Even he isn't sure. All he knows is he's been grasping for life preservers for the past few months, and they keep slipping right through his hands.]
[But the bawling has settled into some sniffling and silent tears and shaky breathing. He wipes his face again and drops it back into his arms, too embarrassed to look up at her.]
Everyone else is doing it too.
[Which pretty much explains it all, doesn't it? It sums up Yosuke's reasons for most things, in fact. But this is worse, because there are plenty of kids around his age here. Most of them seem to be taking care of themselves just fine. And none of them are crying about it, either. Ugh. He's used to being a little disgraceful, but this is just straight up failure to cope.]
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[He answers her question a little more quietly, himself. Or maybe he's countering her first statement. Even he isn't sure. All he knows is he's been grasping for life preservers for the past few months, and they keep slipping right through his hands.]
[But the bawling has settled into some sniffling and silent tears and shaky breathing. He wipes his face again and drops it back into his arms, too embarrassed to look up at her.]
Everyone else is doing it too.
[Which pretty much explains it all, doesn't it? It sums up Yosuke's reasons for most things, in fact. But this is worse, because there are plenty of kids around his age here. Most of them seem to be taking care of themselves just fine. And none of them are crying about it, either. Ugh. He's used to being a little disgraceful, but this is just straight up failure to cope.]
...Sorry. I didn't mean to worry you.