[It itched at him, the same dismissiveness but in a different flavor than when Zack tried it before.
He didn't know if it was the changes they were all going through that made him reluctant to accept the dismissal, or some distorted, misplaced sense of duty. Maybe it didn't matter.]
... I want to help, if I can. Such things are not easy to contend with.
[It sounds awkward to his own ears. They are not friends. It's not his place and he knows it.]
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He didn't know if it was the changes they were all going through that made him reluctant to accept the dismissal, or some distorted, misplaced sense of duty. Maybe it didn't matter.]
... I want to help, if I can. Such things are not easy to contend with.
[It sounds awkward to his own ears. They are not friends. It's not his place and he knows it.]