Be important like I was at home. Be anything at all like I was back home, I suppose.
[It's so selfish, and yet he's not really ashamed of it.]
Let's not dwell on that though!! Like I said, I shouldn't have brought it up!
[...]
...Have you ever tried laying on the ground and thinking about nothing?
[He doesn't want to say "and feeling like garbage" if only because that seems a little too negative. He's trying to steer the conversation he'd just dovetailed into Awkward City to a more positive mindset.]
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[It's so selfish, and yet he's not really ashamed of it.]
Let's not dwell on that though!! Like I said, I shouldn't have brought it up!
[...]
...Have you ever tried laying on the ground and thinking about nothing?
[He doesn't want to say "and feeling like garbage" if only because that seems a little too negative. He's trying to steer the conversation he'd just dovetailed into Awkward City to a more positive mindset.]