[Geir listens attentively to all of that, purring a little under his breath, so Dirk's efforts to lay it all out aren't wasted. when Dirk finishes his speech, he does him the courtesy of thinking about it for a few moments before he fully articulates his thoughts. he wants to make sure they're as clear and well formed.]

It makes sense. It makes a lot of other stuff you've said make sense, too. Like thinking you're broken, or being upset you're not a certain way. I'm sorry. I worry about that stuff too, but most of it is about the future, and it sounds like a lot of bad things happened to you guys already.

...did you have a lot of chances to practice?