"Because everyone is so focused on Drake's pain that they neglect to consider how much you've been hurting as well? Even Crow shares those sentiments, however he behaved earlier out of some kneejerk response to the scolding he received."

He can't help but advocate for Crow even now. The guilt from the earlier conversation lingers, like an itch that can't be scratched.

"These things are seldom one-sided. Even Crow is starting to blame himself for everything that transpired, both tonight and all those months ago, yet the reality is far more muddled and messy. It's a cycle of hurt, but one that affects you as well. Yet there are those, like Glitch, who refuse to consider that. And it's hypocritical, isn't it? She complained that you called her a bomb without getting to know her, yet she refuses to extend the same courtesy to you."

That was rambly, and yet it all comes down to one small thing.

"And, ultimately, you're a person whose thoughts and feelings still matter."