As you sit down next to your friend Neil, he looks away bashfully. You've been friends with him for a while now, and have always gotten along well. His voice is soft but firm, with a hint of hurt and betrayal in it. He was really hurt by what you said last time, and he's been trying to get over it ever since.


Suddenly he begins to speak, still looking away. "I know you didn't mean it, but that really hurt me, and the fact that you don't seem to care about how it made me feel makes it all the worse. What am I to you if you don't seem to care about me at all?”