[He's very used to thinking about strength as something that can only manifest in one certain way, thanks to the SQUIP. He knows he needs to be better with that, though. He knows that what the SQUIP promised him wasn't strong at all, when he had lived his life miserable and afraid.
Rich doesn't know how to say that, or how to explain to Justine that everyone should believe in her. Instead, he just reaches out to wrap his arms around her, to hold her close and offer whatever power he has that exists within him, anything more true and real than what his muscular arms suggest.]
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[He's very used to thinking about strength as something that can only manifest in one certain way, thanks to the SQUIP. He knows he needs to be better with that, though. He knows that what the SQUIP promised him wasn't strong at all, when he had lived his life miserable and afraid.
Rich doesn't know how to say that, or how to explain to Justine that everyone should believe in her. Instead, he just reaches out to wrap his arms around her, to hold her close and offer whatever power he has that exists within him, anything more true and real than what his muscular arms suggest.]