[He's been told this before. By Johnny when he's upset, by Signless when he'd tried to explain, but something about Dirk saying this to him now, not coddling him but just talking like he's an equal, it hits home more than all the other times. He doesn't refute it, even acknowledges it, and moves past it instead.
Sola can't think of anything to say. Instead he just throws his arms around Dirk and hugs him in gratitude.]
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Sola can't think of anything to say. Instead he just throws his arms around Dirk and hugs him in gratitude.]