[Rhys doesn't interrupt him. Doesn't stop him or try to correct him, then finally:]
She doesn't just like you because you're funny.
[Said softly, but it's firm. No arguments on this one.]
Betelgeuse-- I'm saying this as a guy who adores you: You get mad at people for breaking rules that they don't know about, and that they don't control. She doesn't get to choose whether or not she loves you, all she can choose is how much she does for you, which is everything she can, same as you would for her. That's why you love her so much, right?
[He gives the other man's arm a squeeze.]
And I know it hurts, because you really need to know you matter to people. But she can't control how you feel any more than she can force herself to love you.
Re: Text - when he's got his communicator back
She doesn't just like you because you're funny.
[Said softly, but it's firm. No arguments on this one.]
Betelgeuse-- I'm saying this as a guy who adores you: You get mad at people for breaking rules that they don't know about, and that they don't control. She doesn't get to choose whether or not she loves you, all she can choose is how much she does for you, which is everything she can, same as you would for her. That's why you love her so much, right?
[He gives the other man's arm a squeeze.]
And I know it hurts, because you really need to know you matter to people. But she can't control how you feel any more than she can force herself to love you.