He wonders if Dan is actually wise in not wanting anyone to care about him. Price wishes he didn't want anyone to care about him, maybe it would be freeing. That thought leaves his mind very soon, though, because he's perfectly aware that it's just a toxic coping mechanism Dan is desperately turning to and that it's not true that he doesn't want others to care, rather he doesn't want anyone to worry or suffer for him.
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He wonders if Dan is actually wise in not wanting anyone to care about him. Price wishes he didn't want anyone to care about him, maybe it would be freeing. That thought leaves his mind very soon, though, because he's perfectly aware that it's just a toxic coping mechanism Dan is desperately turning to and that it's not true that he doesn't want others to care, rather he doesn't want anyone to worry or suffer for him.
Price smiles at him. He really is that special.