[Dirk almost changes the subject. The previous time Dave had no idea that Dirk had so many conflicting feelings. He hadn't listened to a damn thing he said and kept plowing forward. He's keenly aware that some part of him is very bitter at how Dave barely talked to him once he got alien tail and a relationship.
...this one is so different, in a way Bird bro and Dave reflect each other. He wonders if this is how Hal and himself appear to other people.]
I don't know you as well as I want to. But, I trust you. I'm telling you this because I don't want to make mistakes or do something stupid I won't see until it blows the fuck up in my face.
[The implications he's fucked up in the past and it still hurts is in the text try as he might each time he thinks how he could have worded it. Unfortunately, it also implies in the past he and Dave had problems and Dirk was left wondering what he did wrong.]
Day 459 TEXT
...this one is so different, in a way Bird bro and Dave reflect each other. He wonders if this is how Hal and himself appear to other people.]
I don't know you as well as I want to.
But, I trust you.
I'm telling you this because I don't want to make mistakes or do something stupid I won't see until it blows the fuck up in my face.
[The implications he's fucked up in the past and it still hurts is in the text try as he might each time he thinks how he could have worded it. Unfortunately, it also implies in the past he and Dave had problems and Dirk was left wondering what he did wrong.]