<span style="font-family:Assistant"><span style="font-size: 15px">Jesus smiled as he listened to Daryl speak. "There, that wasn't so hard, was it?" He asked gently, as the smile on his face grew and he reached over with one hand to take one of the other man's hands into his and squeezed it gently. "I don't want you to miss out on something good. On something that might make you happy, because of your fear. When everything went down in the beginning, I spent the first two years running scared from everything and I hated myself for it. I put myself before others and turned a blind eye to their pain and suffering. I pushed people away because I was scared of losing them. But then I changed who I was because I didn't like that person. And no matter how many people I lose, and I've lost a lot of friends and people I considered family over the years, but I don't hide anymore."<br/>
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"So, I'm not going to push you. At least not yet. But I <i>will</i> encourage you to do things out of your comfort zone." After he spoke, the man fell silent. He gave Daryl's hand one more squeeze and then released it, before resuming eating his food.</span></span>