Darryn gave him a curious look. "I'm terrible at bottling up, I always let stuff spill out. Gil can read me like a book - that's a terrible thing, isn't it? Being unable to at smile at your kid sometimes and tell them things are okay and have them believe you for their own good."

Darryn twisted his head until he could rest it against Maruice's hip. Him being on the chair and the Memory Keeper standing gave him a perfect vantage point for that. "It's less that I bottle up and more that I take things in my own way, that is completely opposite to how he's taking them... that's what blows up."