[...He wonders what it must be like, to experience that deep, agonizing grief of losing a parent. Henry cannot help but feel as though he has been spared of something debilitating in its own way -- even if the reality is far less kind. His parents still impacted him; their love felt like a noose around his neck that he could never be free of.
Still, this discrepancy makes it hard to know what to say. In this, he and Alec do share a difference.]
...It helped him to see it, you know. I'm sure it did.
[He can offer that, at least.
The radio becomes clearer, meanwhile. Lyrics can be heard: ...make a deal with God, and I'd tell him to swap our places...]
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Still, this discrepancy makes it hard to know what to say. In this, he and Alec do share a difference.]
...It helped him to see it, you know. I'm sure it did.
[He can offer that, at least.
The radio becomes clearer, meanwhile. Lyrics can be heard: ...make a deal with God, and I'd tell him to swap our places...]