Ugh this is so bad. The kid liking him? Bad. Guts is terrible. Gabe was slightly nicer but also terrible. But...the kid hating him?? The thought makes some long dead part of him want to shrivel up and die.

Guts is in emotions hell now. There is no escape.

"You can...hgh. Man I don't know." Why are kids so hard, Guts values honesty sure, but being honest with kids is always the hardest. "You don't have to lie to me..." He starts lamely. "I won't...I'll take the truth ok?"