[He can definitely feel that sudden shift, and although he's purposefully been choosing not to be as evasive as he normally is, he also didn't want to particularly worry Ian either. It also doesn't help that he doesn't exactly know how to describe how he's feeling--or rather, he does, but it's complicated and a lot to go into--and so after a moment he just offers a small shrug.]
Both, I guess. I just...
[He hesitates, again trying to decide how honest to be, before finally offering something that's only a fraction of the problem but is truthful.]
I'm just really tired of doing this over and over again.
['This' being the adjustment period in which it's a scramble to figure out the situation and how best to approach and handle it, but also 'this' in the sense of all of it. This is the third time, and he's starting to believe the cycle might wind up being endless.]
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Both, I guess. I just...
[He hesitates, again trying to decide how honest to be, before finally offering something that's only a fraction of the problem but is truthful.]
I'm just really tired of doing this over and over again.
['This' being the adjustment period in which it's a scramble to figure out the situation and how best to approach and handle it, but also 'this' in the sense of all of it. This is the third time, and he's starting to believe the cycle might wind up being endless.]