[he rolled his eyes, feeling stung and gutted in a strange way. Of course he couldn't expect Fell to keep his mouth shut about something that was bothering him]

Don't patronize me. You only care because he cares. [no need to say who that was]

And it's fine.The past is done. It wasn't even real. I'm an only child and not even one of my cousins look like me.

[it felt traitorous almost to accept that reality over this one, but he didn't know what else to do. It hurt too much otherwise and he was tired of it]