He stops to consider it seriously, because it's something that deserves to be handled seriously. He tries to remember what Garnet told him, like he has to remind himself so many times when he's feeling terrible - these feelings will never go away until you confront them. He has to let Greg do that instead of just pretending it doesn't matter.
"I don't... I don't want it to happen again. I don't like that it happened. But..." He swallows, and then looks up at his dad earnestly. "But I think we'll be okay. Even if things are bad for a while... you can be okay again, and..." He's searching for the right words, and it's making his words somewhat halting. "Just because something gets hidden from you doesn't mean it isn't still there. Right?"
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He stops to consider it seriously, because it's something that deserves to be handled seriously. He tries to remember what Garnet told him, like he has to remind himself so many times when he's feeling terrible - these feelings will never go away until you confront them. He has to let Greg do that instead of just pretending it doesn't matter.
"I don't... I don't want it to happen again. I don't like that it happened. But..." He swallows, and then looks up at his dad earnestly. "But I think we'll be okay. Even if things are bad for a while... you can be okay again, and..." He's searching for the right words, and it's making his words somewhat halting. "Just because something gets hidden from you doesn't mean it isn't still there. Right?"