[Malik regains his nerves after a moment, but doesn't continue on that exact train of thought.]
That oath means you're family to me now. So I love you like family.
[There's that grip again, tightening nervously and betraying his words. Maybe it would be easier to just come out with it, but Malik's never confessed anything like this before; it was nerve wracking.] But...it's not exactly the same.
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That oath means you're family to me now. So I love you like family.
[There's that grip again, tightening nervously and betraying his words. Maybe it would be easier to just come out with it, but Malik's never confessed anything like this before; it was nerve wracking.] But...it's not exactly the same.