[ How he sucked at this whole, offering comforting advice thing. Honestly, Will wouldn't have even attempted it with anyone other than House or Hannibal, his own damage was just too extensive to allow him to be useful in this area.
Even when he'd tried to help Jack, with Bella's illness, it had been more a case of sitting with a friend, just being there and ultimately listening a little. Jack had ended up leaning more on Hannibal in the end, which probably said something about Will's ineptitude in this arena, but the ex-profiler wasn't going to focus on that.
He was just going to try his best, and work off the assumption that if he really fucked it up, House would simply shut down and tell him to eat his crackers and stop talking. ]
That's the risk with trying to help. [ Will remarked quietly. ] Things go wrong, between intention and result. Emotions get into the mix and it becomes unpredictable.
[ Sometimes in a way that was negative, but also sometimes in a way that was positive. Himself and House being an example of the latter. Though Will was happy to say such a thing in a round about way, to avoid getting swatted like a naughty puppy. ]
Has anyone shown him how to get past them? [ Will asked, putting the spotlight back on Rhys for a moment, his question genuine. ] You and I are so used to functioning through what our lives have thrown at us, we've learned how to survive it. Learned so long ago that we've probably forgotten how we got here.
[ Or in other words, they've both been living with pain for so long, they have survived because they learned to see failures as positive. If they hadn't ... neither of them would be alive to be here. ]
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Even when he'd tried to help Jack, with Bella's illness, it had been more a case of sitting with a friend, just being there and ultimately listening a little. Jack had ended up leaning more on Hannibal in the end, which probably said something about Will's ineptitude in this arena, but the ex-profiler wasn't going to focus on that.
He was just going to try his best, and work off the assumption that if he really fucked it up, House would simply shut down and tell him to eat his crackers and stop talking. ]
That's the risk with trying to help. [ Will remarked quietly. ] Things go wrong, between intention and result. Emotions get into the mix and it becomes unpredictable.
[ Sometimes in a way that was negative, but also sometimes in a way that was positive. Himself and House being an example of the latter. Though Will was happy to say such a thing in a round about way, to avoid getting swatted like a naughty puppy. ]
Has anyone shown him how to get past them? [ Will asked, putting the spotlight back on Rhys for a moment, his question genuine. ] You and I are so used to functioning through what our lives have thrown at us, we've learned how to survive it. Learned so long ago that we've probably forgotten how we got here.
[ Or in other words, they've both been living with pain for so long, they have survived because they learned to see failures as positive. If they hadn't ... neither of them would be alive to be here. ]