[ The longer the other talks about this, the more certain Will becomes that there's an undercurrent here that he hasn't quite been caught by. He's slow to nod, does so just once.

But he also steps closer as they continue, taking the other's lead with that. ] In...some ways. [ He allows, because it doesn't feel like they're walking completely separate paths about this. Just that one's got different twists and turns than the other. ]

I think it sounds like we might be feeling relieved about different things that don't make us freaks here. [ It's said carefully, Will feeling out the boundaries of what this question might even look like before he asks it. ]