“What about Vic?” I ask, biting my lip. “You’re definitely good for him too. You seem to pull him out of his own head, which isn’t easy to do, believe me. You also don’t treat him like a freak or like someone who’s broken and needs to change.” That makes me frown. “Do people do that to him?” Ransom shrugs. “Other than me and Mal, yeah. They assume there’s no way he can be happy the way he is and harp on him about being better and more flexible. But it’s not like it’s easy for him to do that. If it was, he’d already be doing it. So it’s good that you meet him where he’s at and let him be
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