[He isn't trying to quiz them or Socratic-method them. He's confused about what they're telling him. He sees an inherent contradiction in it, but they don't, so there must be something he's missing, right?
It doesn't occur to him that for the first time in awhile, he's feeling like normal, like whatever darkness inside him is clearing up in order to understand his friend.]
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[He isn't trying to quiz them or Socratic-method them. He's confused about what they're telling him. He sees an inherent contradiction in it, but they don't, so there must be something he's missing, right?
It doesn't occur to him that for the first time in awhile, he's feeling like normal, like whatever darkness inside him is clearing up in order to understand his friend.]