I know. But unfortunately, as unfair as it is, that's the situation.
[He says it sympathetically but not pityingly; he wishes he could tell Richie something different, but he can't. Sometimes you don't get a choice in what situation you end up in, and just have to deal with it.
Lance listens to the whole explanation, and although he doesn't totally understand--he's missing context--he does get the general idea. He's pretty sure he does, anyway, because the feeling Richie is describing makes sense.]
And so with just a few of you being here, you feel the absence of the others.
[Although he says it as a statement, it's open to correction.]
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[He says it sympathetically but not pityingly; he wishes he could tell Richie something different, but he can't. Sometimes you don't get a choice in what situation you end up in, and just have to deal with it.
Lance listens to the whole explanation, and although he doesn't totally understand--he's missing context--he does get the general idea. He's pretty sure he does, anyway, because the feeling Richie is describing makes sense.]
And so with just a few of you being here, you feel the absence of the others.
[Although he says it as a statement, it's open to correction.]