[He doesn't answer this text for a while, mostly because he doesn't have an answer. There are people talking away on the network, sure, but they're no closer than finding a solution than they were yesterday, or the day before.
This isn't about age. Or about trust. It's just about being careful.
[Though he does want Dick to keep that optimism, this idea that he's going to be better - Jaime feels all but paralyzed with fear of doing something wrong, and that's no way to live either.]
Dick this doesn't have anything to do with proving yourself. Come on do you really thing that I'd be sending you the info in the first place if you did?
It's just about how careful we have to be about this. All of us.
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Finally:]
I don't know.
We'll have to figure something out.
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we have to try no matter what they say
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But promise me you won't do anything reckless? We have to be really careful with this one.
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you can trust me
[ and he sure has typed those words and hit send before he's really turned them over in his head and thought about them. ]
okay maybe you really don't think you can
but i want to be better now and i know i can be
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[Though he does want Dick to keep that optimism, this idea that he's going to be better - Jaime feels all but paralyzed with fear of doing something wrong, and that's no way to live either.]
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i know i let you down but it won't happen again.
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It's just about how careful we have to be about this. All of us.