[Damn it Anthony, don't make him do this. He really wants to shut down here, like he always has when things get this heavy, when there's this much emotion involved.

But he meant it when he said he didn't want lose Anthony, so... for that, he'll try.]

You're smart. You come up with these ideas about pulses and the network, like those databases, that seem obvious in retrospect, but I never thought of them. There's a reason I tell you everything I find out, and it's because if I missed something, you might pick up on it. I can bounce things off you because I know your opinion is always a good one.

You're good in a fight. You can think on your feet, your intuition's good, and there's not many people I'd trust more at my back than you.

[He could probably stop there, but now that he's started, it's almost like he can't stop.]

You're determined. Shit, you're one of the bravest I've ever met, Anthony. When I was around your age, I lost my parents and I wanted to die. When that didn't work, I stopped caring, about anyone. You've lost almost everything, and you're still going. You're still trying, you're doing everything you can. Most people'd run away from all this. Most people aren't even a quarter of the person you are.

[And that's... probably way more than Anthony needed to know, so he's just going to awkwardly stop talking.]