[The answer comes without hesitation, and it's spoken rather quietly.]
You're it for him, Josh. You've seen for yourself just a small fraction of the way he falls in love with people.
[Putting that notebook away, going back to his cigarette.]
Truth of the matter is, once that one's in love, every aspect of his being - heart, mind, all five senses - attunes itself to an impossible degree to the object of his affections. [Drag, exhale.] Take what you feel for him and multiply that by a thousand and then some. Now imagine what it must be like to have all of that for someone, and be told, over and over again, that you have to reign it in, be in control, and forget about doing anything about it.
[Need he say it? That's every person Hikaru's been with, and had to let go.]
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You're it for him, Josh. You've seen for yourself just a small fraction of the way he falls in love with people.
[Putting that notebook away, going back to his cigarette.]
Truth of the matter is, once that one's in love, every aspect of his being - heart, mind, all five senses - attunes itself to an impossible degree to the object of his affections. [Drag, exhale.] Take what you feel for him and multiply that by a thousand and then some. Now imagine what it must be like to have all of that for someone, and be told, over and over again, that you have to reign it in, be in control, and forget about doing anything about it.
[Need he say it? That's every person Hikaru's been with, and had to let go.]