“You’re the victim, you can’t be the enabler of your own abuse, I’m pretty sure that’s not how it works. It doesn’t make you awful. It just… I’m sorry, I can’t not hate him for being so cruel to someone I love so much. It was more abstract when he wasn’t here and then he hurt you in front of me, because of me, and I have never hated anyone so much in my entire life. Either of my lives. And I know it upsets you and I’m sorry for that but you deserve so much better than the way he treats you. You’re not some kind of… malfunctioning tool, you’re a person. You’re my person. I’m not mad at you for not hating him, I’m just… sad that you don’t think you deserve better.” He rubs Casper’s back a little, helplessly, not sure what else to do. Their disagreements about Casper’s dad were always so abstract, before.