[He's about to protest more but ultimately slumps, defeated. The kid's just going to take his words that way no matter what, and really just to get a rise from him anyway.
Which is where the probably comes in.
The rest of that though, that gets him lifting his head and lifting a brow.]
I mean, sometimes, but it's not always that simple. They might just be acting like a jerk because they're afraid or they want to keep people away or things like that. And then you get some who don't seem like they're jerks until later and you're already friends. I don't have to defend the dumb things they do, of course, but it's still not always straight forward as just having nothing to do with them.
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Which is where the probably comes in.
The rest of that though, that gets him lifting his head and lifting a brow.]
I mean, sometimes, but it's not always that simple. They might just be acting like a jerk because they're afraid or they want to keep people away or things like that. And then you get some who don't seem like they're jerks until later and you're already friends. I don't have to defend the dumb things they do, of course, but it's still not always straight forward as just having nothing to do with them.