[trepidation aside, he doesn't even have to think before he answers. even if he's not sure what Louie's referring to]
Whatever I ... didn't tell you? Yes. I mean ... whatever it is, if I knew something and you didn't, it would have come up eventually, right? Like if something happened that I thought would have made M-
[there's that revelation hitting him like a ton of bricks. he knows exactly what he didn't tell him. and he looks horrified. he can't even begin to make excuses. he knows he screwed up. he knows why he didn't tell him, a million reasons for a million times, and they'd all seemed legitimate then, but none of them are good enough now, not in the face of the look Louie's giving him.]
-- hhh.
[he deflates, curling in on himself without actually moving, somehow. shrinking. he lifts his eyes up to Louie as if to say: "go ahead. let me have it."]
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Whatever I ... didn't tell you? Yes. I mean ... whatever it is, if I knew something and you didn't, it would have come up eventually, right? Like if something happened that I thought would have made M-
[there's that revelation hitting him like a ton of bricks. he knows exactly what he didn't tell him. and he looks horrified. he can't even begin to make excuses. he knows he screwed up. he knows why he didn't tell him, a million reasons for a million times, and they'd all seemed legitimate then, but none of them are good enough now, not in the face of the look Louie's giving him.]
-- hhh.
[he deflates, curling in on himself without actually moving, somehow. shrinking. he lifts his eyes up to Louie as if to say: "go ahead. let me have it."]