"I know you're not!" He twists, trying to shake one or the other (or both, ideally) of the girls off. "I know that what's inside your head seems real. I-- I get it if you want it to be real--" It's hard for him to say that, selfishly, because if Buttercup's family was real he wouldn't be a part of it and that thought makes him so upset he could vomit.

"--But it's not. It was put there by a very selfish and very upset entity." He looks down, trying to meet the eyes of at least one of the girls. "Don't you remember sitting in the cabin with Koumyou while he showed you how to clean your gun? We talked about why I try not to kill and I'm pretty you and Koumyou both think I'm bonkers because of it? Think, kiddo, please. Doesn't that ring a bell?"