[ Rude. That's incorrect, too, because Ezell always feels like progress is being made with conversations with Federico. This is just... ]

Hey, come on. I need you... to try, even if it's hard. I get it. I really, really do. But I don't like seeing you like this and I know you must hate feeling like this, right? Like everything is... [ Hopeless. A black void. Like you feel so small and nothing you do matters. Like you're nothing and worthless in the eyes of those around you. A background character at best- ] I know things aren't great, but even if you attempt to do better, then... maybe we can fix this?