[It is a little rote, admittedly, but Luke doesn't really mind it. At least not any more than he minds the general concept of Being Perceived.]
Mm, I guess so. [Truly, he has shoved these emotions so far down, committing fully to the part of being Not A Burden since before he was even in school. It feels incredibly bizarre to think about it now, let alone talk about it with someone he, arguably, doesn't even know that well.] I don't know. I've always felt really lucky--I know a lot of kids like me wind up in bad situations.
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Mm, I guess so. [Truly, he has shoved these emotions so far down, committing fully to the part of being Not A Burden since before he was even in school. It feels incredibly bizarre to think about it now, let alone talk about it with someone he, arguably, doesn't even know that well.] I don't know. I've always felt really lucky--I know a lot of kids like me wind up in bad situations.