[It's too much. It's all the things he's always wanted to hear, and he can't bear it without cracking just a little. He starts crying very quietly, very overtaken with emotion and relief. He nods dumbly, holding Birdman's wrists with his hands loosely.]
I'll never disobey again, big Brother. I promise. I'm absolutely sorry, Birdman.
[he reaches up to wipe his tears away, smiling at him, feeling a genuine connection in something that was in all truthfulness dead and rotting from the inside out.]