Graham catches sight of those tear-filled eyes and looks horrified at the thought that he might be their cause. He grabs his head and paces in a quick circle, agitate and upset himself.
"Of course! Of course you are. But it's part of who you are, and shouldn't you be proud of that? Not a lot of people can say that about themselves. I sure can't, I'm pretty much the opposite! The lowest worm crawling in the dirt under the boot heels of humanity! Can a worm like me even comprehend the thoughts and actions of his closest peers? No way!"
He stops pacing, and turns to Zelda with one hand to his chest and the other outstretched to her; just another overdramatic gesture.
"But it's not nothing! It could be the biggest something! The biggest something in the history of everything. But it's nothing to you. It's something to someone else! Something big and obvious and being broadcast to the heavens with all the light, sound and fury ever generated. And all of it is hitting me right in the face, but I'm somehow completely blind and deaf to it? Worms can't hear or see anything, you know!"
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"Of course! Of course you are. But it's part of who you are, and shouldn't you be proud of that? Not a lot of people can say that about themselves. I sure can't, I'm pretty much the opposite! The lowest worm crawling in the dirt under the boot heels of humanity! Can a worm like me even comprehend the thoughts and actions of his closest peers? No way!"
He stops pacing, and turns to Zelda with one hand to his chest and the other outstretched to her; just another overdramatic gesture.
"But it's not nothing! It could be the biggest something! The biggest something in the history of everything. But it's nothing to you. It's something to someone else! Something big and obvious and being broadcast to the heavens with all the light, sound and fury ever generated. And all of it is hitting me right in the face, but I'm somehow completely blind and deaf to it? Worms can't hear or see anything, you know!"