[Which didn't stop him. If anything, the guilt and shame over the first incident sent him into even heavier bingeing and thus, even more dangerous driving. The fact that he hasn't crashed since is more a miracle of heaven than it is any kind of safety precaution.
But it's gotten an expression out of something besides sad apathy out of Shuichi, which means to an extent it's working, this chatting over nothing, this trying so desperately to say something, anything, that cuts past the blank expression.]
I was just saying. You ain't the first person to worry someone. I'd bet you aren't even the millionth. So don't go apologizing.
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[Which didn't stop him. If anything, the guilt and shame over the first incident sent him into even heavier bingeing and thus, even more dangerous driving. The fact that he hasn't crashed since is more a miracle of heaven than it is any kind of safety precaution.
But it's gotten an expression out of something besides sad apathy out of Shuichi, which means to an extent it's working, this chatting over nothing, this trying so desperately to say something, anything, that cuts past the blank expression.]
I was just saying. You ain't the first person to worry someone. I'd bet you aren't even the millionth. So don't go apologizing.