[the question catches him off-guard, and he just stares for a moment.]
[that's... oh, that's really personal, um... he's not sure he wants to talk about his parents, but he also REALLY doesn't want to shut Jacuzzi down immediately after offering himself for exactly this sort of thing.]
[deep inhale, followed by a slow sigh]
Ah...
I did not even realize what it was until after I left home. My parents--
[pause. his eyes slide away from Jacuzzi as he considers how to explain it. there's a wall he needs to put up when he talks about it, an emotional distance between his words and his thoughts, because otherwise he will dig up a whole lot of feelings he has no interest in digging up right now.]
...My parents said I did it on purpose. That I was difficult and stubborn to spite them, anti-social and rude to embarrass them, and failing to live up to their expectations because I was ungrateful to them.
[another pause, his eyes move back to Jacuzzi.] I don't speak with my parents anymore. [his tone is trying to play that off, present it as a plus side or a happy ending, but there is just the tiniest hint of bitterness there.]
no subject
[that's... oh, that's really personal, um... he's not sure he wants to talk about his parents, but he also REALLY doesn't want to shut Jacuzzi down immediately after offering himself for exactly this sort of thing.]
[deep inhale, followed by a slow sigh]
Ah...
I did not even realize what it was until after I left home. My parents--
[pause. his eyes slide away from Jacuzzi as he considers how to explain it. there's a wall he needs to put up when he talks about it, an emotional distance between his words and his thoughts, because otherwise he will dig up a whole lot of feelings he has no interest in digging up right now.]
...My parents said I did it on purpose. That I was difficult and stubborn to spite them, anti-social and rude to embarrass them, and failing to live up to their expectations because I was ungrateful to them.
[another pause, his eyes move back to Jacuzzi.] I don't speak with my parents anymore. [his tone is trying to play that off, present it as a plus side or a happy ending, but there is just the tiniest hint of bitterness there.]