Something he said just set me off, I guess. I think we're all on edge a little. Anyway, I just wanted to make sure you knew I'm sorry for it.
[Dixon's aware he can't make any promises. If there's one facet of intelligence he does alright on, it's self-awareness; he knows himself better than to say it won't happen again. It will. It's like rain; you don't know when it'll happen, but eventually it will, and probably at an inconvenient time that ruins the day for everyone. It's not that he thinks he isn't responsible for his temper, it's that he knows he's responsible and also knows he's too weak-willed to do much about it.
(It doesn't really occur to him that it's less about going the fuck off than about the prejudice for Kevin. It was enough of a shock that it bothered anybody, honestly.)
But as much as Dixon would love to just marinate in a good old-fashioned self-loathing stew, he doesn't want to bog the kid down, and so he sets into the new topic of conversation unhesitatingly.]
They got a skate park where you're from? Where are you from, anyway?
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[Dixon's aware he can't make any promises. If there's one facet of intelligence he does alright on, it's self-awareness; he knows himself better than to say it won't happen again. It will. It's like rain; you don't know when it'll happen, but eventually it will, and probably at an inconvenient time that ruins the day for everyone. It's not that he thinks he isn't responsible for his temper, it's that he knows he's responsible and also knows he's too weak-willed to do much about it.
(It doesn't really occur to him that it's less about going the fuck off than about the prejudice for Kevin. It was enough of a shock that it bothered anybody, honestly.)
But as much as Dixon would love to just marinate in a good old-fashioned self-loathing stew, he doesn't want to bog the kid down, and so he sets into the new topic of conversation unhesitatingly.]
They got a skate park where you're from? Where are you from, anyway?