"Honestly, there're probably worse traits I have, too, but most people don't recognize their own worst traits. People say I'm rude, I'm thoughtless, I'm crazy..."
He shrugs and takes another bite. It's obvious he's heard those things so many times that they're practically part of the backdrop of his life, now. Completely unavoidable, but no longer as hurtful as they used to be. You get insulted enough times, you eventually stop listening to it. He'd been more sensitive as a kid, but these days, he didn't take things as hard as he used to. That didn't mean he wasn't unbearably soft-hearted, though. That much was already probably evident.
"Most people don't speak their minds," he agrees, and he knows Ned is referring to himself here, "But at least you're capable of being polite. I speak my mind too easily, with no thought about the consequences at all. And then I've said something, and, well, someone throws something at me. It's an endless cycle."
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He shrugs and takes another bite. It's obvious he's heard those things so many times that they're practically part of the backdrop of his life, now. Completely unavoidable, but no longer as hurtful as they used to be. You get insulted enough times, you eventually stop listening to it. He'd been more sensitive as a kid, but these days, he didn't take things as hard as he used to. That didn't mean he wasn't unbearably soft-hearted, though. That much was already probably evident.
"Most people don't speak their minds," he agrees, and he knows Ned is referring to himself here, "But at least you're capable of being polite. I speak my mind too easily, with no thought about the consequences at all. And then I've said something, and, well, someone throws something at me. It's an endless cycle."