"No, I mean - I don't need you to do anything I guess I just wanted to say it out loud," He admitted with a sigh sinking down a little bit lower trying to decide what exactly had come over him and why he'd decided this was how he wanted to spend his time that afternoon rather than just poking at Richie until he managed to get enough entertainment out of him to satisfy the part of his mind that itched for something more.
"You know? Sometimes you just have to say a thing to be able to make it make sense. Not that this makes any sense, but I feel like maybe I've got a little bit more of a handle on it now than it had on me." So that was something really, better than keeping it all inside and then letting it be one more something in a pile of somethings that would overwhelm him somewhere down the line.
"Sorry," He added after a few beats, "For just letting all that out at you. Normally I'd uh - well Patty was a really good listener." He said trying to explain it a little bit.