I think it's more that you just got stupid for a moment.
[He growls at the poke and ruffling, but doesn't do anything to really stop the other.]
If you were like them I wouldn't have this by now.
[He doesn't signal or explain what "this" is. It may just be the moment of having a drink with Marco, it may be the part of having an older brother, a friend with whom he can talk about the burden the phoenix has given him since he discovered it, the tattoo on his shoulder, or everything at once.]
Not even when the Malnosso stripped you of your "nice guy" face were you like them.
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[He growls at the poke and ruffling, but doesn't do anything to really stop the other.]
If you were like them I wouldn't have this by now.
[He doesn't signal or explain what "this" is. It may just be the moment of having a drink with Marco, it may be the part of having an older brother, a friend with whom he can talk about the burden the phoenix has given him since he discovered it, the tattoo on his shoulder, or everything at once.]
Not even when the Malnosso stripped you of your "nice guy" face were you like them.