[His shoulders, held rigid through that entire mental speech, finally relax a little. Ryan sounds more angry than hurt, and more angry that John was making assumptions than anything. It's a good place for him to be; it's far more likely to be genuine, rather than a cover for disappointment about what he'd thought would happen going up in smoke.]
Alright. [He nods slowly, breaking eye contact. Basically nodding down at the floor.] Alright, just - as long as you know that. I don't need protecting, I don't need saving, I don't need anything from you. Just do what you wanna do, and I'll do what I wanna do, and sometimes it'll be together. It's worked so far, should keep working now.
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Alright. [He nods slowly, breaking eye contact. Basically nodding down at the floor.] Alright, just - as long as you know that. I don't need protecting, I don't need saving, I don't need anything from you. Just do what you wanna do, and I'll do what I wanna do, and sometimes it'll be together. It's worked so far, should keep working now.