"You're right." He's not going to deny that. Which already shows, maybe, that he's grown a little bit; not immediately jumping to the conclusion that Rinoa's just being nice, that she doesn't get it. He could hurt people no matter what. Hell, hadn't he hurt Teddy enough even without his powers? He'd been so selfish, so self-absorbed, just...expecting him to do everything for Billy, to fit himself into the narrative Billy had built for them both. It wasn't fair, and it wasn't right, and he doesn't blame Teddy for needing to figure things out, just...just the timing. Just what he'd said. Just the fact that he'd needed to say that Billy might have made him love him.

"I could hurt someone anyway, and that's--I guess I am still scared of that. I don't want to hurt anyone. Especially anyone I care about. I mean, maybe it's inevitable, but...how do I just, decide to do it anyway?" He shakes his head, another puffing sigh.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get into my relationship drama, I've just...I guess I've been struggling with this for a while. And Nida said you'd be good to talk to about stuff like this, so... I mean, you're good to talk to, anyway, you know?" He offers her a small smile, faint but genuine. "And it works both ways. If there's stuff you need to get off your chest, things that you don't think people would understand--I'm pretty good at listening, too."