do u ever just sit down and think about how no matter how many times dirks friends told him he wasnt this monster he didnt believe it because theyd never know what je was actually capable of?

do u ever then subsequently think about how dave, whod been RAISED by the worst version of dirk, told him that he wasnt that guy? do u ever then quietly follow this train of thought with a gentle “oh” in response because the very person that dirk idolized told him that he was redeemable, that he was better than his worst self, that he was already so much more? or is that just me