Because I know what's happening to you and how to fix it, [is simply put, unaffected by whether or not the man behind the bars of the cell finds him humorous.
Never mind blatantly false offerings like 'Because I rarely offer my friendship and you could certainly use at least one'. That much—what he knows—is the starkest truth. Having been in a deeper, darker place than this one, he knows there is value in the straightforward shape of that.
And then, with a click of the cane on the rough stone slab, Ralston is moving away.]
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Never mind blatantly false offerings like 'Because I rarely offer my friendship and you could certainly use at least one'. That much—what he knows—is the starkest truth. Having been in a deeper, darker place than this one, he knows there is value in the straightforward shape of that.
And then, with a click of the cane on the rough stone slab, Ralston is moving away.]