You're right though, even the strongest man in the world can feel down every once and a while. But that's why he picks himself up again with an even bigger smile.
[ huh. teammate, then...? he's curious, but not sure how much he should dwell on that subject right now. ]
Well... either way, I'm sorry things went like this.
...But yeah, that's what ya gotta do. "Someone who smiles no matter how bad it gets" — that's what they say a defense attorney's supposed to be, but I think it's a good thing for anyone to aspire to.
[ of course, as someone who also tries to follow that motto... he knows sometimes his own smile is a little forced.
... ]
It's OK to take a little time to grieve too, though, long as it doesn't bog ya down and keep ya from movin' forward, y'know?
Really? They must know where I'm coming from then.
[ his smiles a little brighter now, not really forced but perhaps incongruent. still, he gives a little shrug. ]
I spent years grieving for my family after they died, so I've done that enough. The strongest man in the world doesn't just stop or give up cause of a setback.
[ he's seen way too many families torn apart in his day. ]
You're right, though. And that kinda attitude's a big part of what makes ya so strong.
[ honestly he's still a little unsure of how healthy it is to jump right to acceptance like this, but the stuff adlet's saying here is already pretty close to the pep talk datz would have given him if he was having a visibly hard time moving on, so. it's probably fine...?
anyway, he reaches to pat him on the back because it's still touch week. ]
Honestly I was gonna go with Addy at first [ that's what i had on my pregame notepad file of potential nicknames lmao ] but thought that might get too confusing with the newspaper person.
But AM's a good set of initials! Rise up in the AM with the whole day ahead of you!
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Course I was. I mean... losin' a friend's gotta be hard for anyone, even the strongest man in the world.
[ especially in a situation as fucked up as this. ]
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[ present tense but- yeah. ]
You're right though, even the strongest man in the world can feel down every once and a while. But that's why he picks himself up again with an even bigger smile.
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Well... either way, I'm sorry things went like this.
...But yeah, that's what ya gotta do. "Someone who smiles no matter how bad it gets" — that's what they say a defense attorney's supposed to be, but I think it's a good thing for anyone to aspire to.
[ of course, as someone who also tries to follow that motto... he knows sometimes his own smile is a little forced.
... ]
It's OK to take a little time to grieve too, though, long as it doesn't bog ya down and keep ya from movin' forward, y'know?
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[ his smiles a little brighter now, not really forced but perhaps incongruent. still, he gives a little shrug. ]
I spent years grieving for my family after they died, so I've done that enough. The strongest man in the world doesn't just stop or give up cause of a setback.
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[ he's seen way too many families torn apart in his day. ]
You're right, though. And that kinda attitude's a big part of what makes ya so strong.
[ honestly he's still a little unsure of how healthy it is to jump right to acceptance like this, but the stuff adlet's saying here is already pretty close to the pep talk datz would have given him if he was having a visibly hard time moving on, so. it's probably fine...?
anyway, he reaches to pat him on the back because it's still touch week. ]
You're a cool guy, AM.
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AM, huh? I should go by that instead of Addy from now on.
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But AM's a good set of initials! Rise up in the AM with the whole day ahead of you!
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[ gazes at one of the letters in the earlier weeks... ]
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[ newspaper addy's been going off the fucking rails this past week too... ]
Well then, ya got a new one.
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