[ looking right at dave is a little hard so his eyes follow the hamster that literally came out of dave's scarf. a perfectly logical place to store living things if he ever did see one. he thinks roxy put a cat in her scarf once. it runs in the ectogenes? ]

The real Dave? [ they're going to have to get existential following that line of conversation ]

[ dirk's partner, located by his feet currently, seems perfectly pleased with filling the mouse in on what seems to be going on here. the fact that dirk is hearing "mime mime" over and over in that high-pitched voice is really fucking with the emotional seriousness of this. maybe that's the ironic twist? the levels of irony are so off the charts that it's even more emotional. ]

Right. I get that. It doesn't work as an apology in that context because I can't speak for that guy. He might have been unapologetic. The idea in my head head that I can be less of a horrible person than that extreme going forward as future adult seems significantly more plausible saying that. So I did.

[ just end this feelingsjam. dave wasn't ready for it. ]