[ Or understand what "Jerry Springer" is. She thinks she understands a bit of what he's saying. ]
That's not it, at all. I know I'm small, but I'm not a child, I can fend for myself.
[ Maybe that's why it bothers her so much. She doesn't like the idea of people swooping in and doing what the think is best for her, oh, no. Asserting adulthood meant asserting her independence, to be something much more than the former Rutledge patient. She starts to protest until she realizes what he said. ]
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[ Or understand what "Jerry Springer" is. She thinks she understands a bit of what he's saying. ]
That's not it, at all. I know I'm small, but I'm not a child, I can fend for myself.
[ Maybe that's why it bothers her so much. She doesn't like the idea of people swooping in and doing what the think is best for her, oh, no. Asserting adulthood meant asserting her independence, to be something much more than the former Rutledge patient. She starts to protest until she realizes what he said. ]