I don't believe it.
Not for a damn second.
The only person Leo ever wants to hear from is Splinter. Not me. And yet, he's standing here telling me that he wants to hear what I have to say.
I gotta fucking dreaming.
Ol' Fearless must be guilt tripping over disobeying Splinter's orders not to fight while we're in here. What other reason would there be for him to suddenly want me to talk? He's gotta do what daddy told him to do.
Ugh…I need to sit down before I fall down. Damn, I didn't think I'd be this sore today. There ain't a part of me that doesn't fucking hurt. Probably shouldn't have refused those meds from Donnie, but I hate taking that shit. Makes my mind all loopy.
What the hell are you doing, Leo? I didn't give you an invitation to sit down beside me! Get back over on your side of the room! I don't want you near me! I'm still mad at you!
Fine. Stay if you want to. But just remember you're sitting here at your own risk. Don't start whining if I hit you 'cause you pissed me off again.
Shit this is awkward. I ain't got no clue what to say or even how to start saying it. Funny how we went from screaming at each other to dead silence. I can tell Leo's weirded out by it to. Damn jerk won't stop fidgeting. He's gonna make that hole in the tatami mats bigger if he keeps messing with it.
How did we get to be like this, Raph?
I don't know, Leo. I really don't.
We used to be best friends.
Yeah, we used to be back when we were kids.
Now we can hardly stand to be in the same room together.
Guess we just fell apart when we grew up. Like there stopped being enough space for the two of us down here.
Whatever I did to offend you…
Oh, geezus, he's going to get all self-depreciating again.
Knock that off, Leo! You ain't the only one at fault in all this! I'm supposed to be the one talking, remember?! Now you just shut up and listen!
I got a confession to make.