[Robert pulls himself closer to Don's presence, taking the contact as an encouragement to actually say something.
Holding Don's hand helps too. It's stabilizing, helping to push away Robert's misgivings about the whole thing.]
...
His name was... ... is... Benjamin.
Benjamin Prieto.
... I first met him when I was around fourteen, through the science clubs at my school. [Robert's voice is kind of wavery and watery here, though it holds traces of a smile.] It was... one of the things we really had strongly in common, actually... even now I wonder what made us click, for those f-five years...
... H-He was unmistakably intelligent. A b-brilliance that manifested itself in s-strange ways, to be sure, but... ... Much like Mike, actually, in some senses. He was a playful, exciteable, curious person... ... I s-suppose I grounded him in some ways. Provided him with the normalcy he needed...
...
[Robert shakes his head a little.]
... H-he... ... c-called me "Rob" all the time...
... I-it... it's still a little... p-painful to hear that name...
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Holding Don's hand helps too. It's stabilizing, helping to push away Robert's misgivings about the whole thing.]
...
His name was... ... is... Benjamin.
Benjamin Prieto.
... I first met him when I was around fourteen, through the science clubs at my school. [Robert's voice is kind of wavery and watery here, though it holds traces of a smile.] It was... one of the things we really had strongly in common, actually... even now I wonder what made us click, for those f-five years...
... H-He was unmistakably intelligent. A b-brilliance that manifested itself in s-strange ways, to be sure, but... ... Much like Mike, actually, in some senses. He was a playful, exciteable, curious person... ... I s-suppose I grounded him in some ways. Provided him with the normalcy he needed...
...
[Robert shakes his head a little.]
... H-he... ... c-called me "Rob" all the time...
... I-it... it's still a little... p-painful to hear that name...