[He's quiet for a moment, but he doesn't stop with the nuzzling. It is desperate on his end, though.]

...There are some things you can have a really hard time letting go of, so I get that. I really do wish you could see things the same way I do, though.

Just because you're different doesn't mean you're flawed. Everyone's different in their own way; that's what makes us all so fascinating. Yes, some of the differences are extreme, and maybe they're even differences that are worrying or frightening. That doesn't make anyone inherently broken.

I just... I really don't believe people can start out broken. They can be broken, yes, sometimes very early on, even. But I don't believe...

[He trails off there, not really sure how to continue.]