[ The film came out in 1984, but he didn't see it until later, when it was shown on television. ]
And I was—
[ He hesitates, glancing around. It's not like there's anyone who'd care to listen in, but he's still feeling weirdly embarrassed.
When he speaks again, his voice is lower, the words cast a little more reluctantly. ]
I was... scrawny and scrappy as hell as a kid. I was constantly getting bullied, 'cause I kept getting into fights with these assholes at school. These bigger kids were, like, always picking on smaller kids and kicking dogs and killing lizards, and I just— it pissed me the hell off, so I went after them. They always kicked my ass, but that wouldn't stop me.
[ He pauses, licking his lips, and he seems to realize it must sound like he's babbling. Like he's trying to offer up some stupid little sob story to make her feel sorry for him. Which totally isn't what he's going for, here. ]
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[ The film came out in 1984, but he didn't see it until later, when it was shown on television. ]
And I was—
[ He hesitates, glancing around. It's not like there's anyone who'd care to listen in, but he's still feeling weirdly embarrassed.
When he speaks again, his voice is lower, the words cast a little more reluctantly. ]
I was... scrawny and scrappy as hell as a kid. I was constantly getting bullied, 'cause I kept getting into fights with these assholes at school. These bigger kids were, like, always picking on smaller kids and kicking dogs and killing lizards, and I just— it pissed me the hell off, so I went after them. They always kicked my ass, but that wouldn't stop me.
[ He pauses, licking his lips, and he seems to realize it must sound like he's babbling. Like he's trying to offer up some stupid little sob story to make her feel sorry for him. Which totally isn't what he's going for, here. ]
This is going somewhere, I promise.