[All of that is telling enough, as if the vague presence of Josh at the back of his own mind already isn't.
Setting the lighter aside, and taking another drag from his cigarette. When he speaks next, he says it quietly: there's no need to do it any other way, even if some possibilities might be gentler.]
No. It's not.
[He has been silent, in fact, ever since that last breakdown. No "snakes"-worthy moments. No turtling. Nothing.]
no subject
Setting the lighter aside, and taking another drag from his cigarette. When he speaks next, he says it quietly: there's no need to do it any other way, even if some possibilities might be gentler.]
No. It's not.
[He has been silent, in fact, ever since that last breakdown. No "snakes"-worthy moments. No turtling. Nothing.]