Malik is honestly very impressed and relieved that Jacob could realize these things on his own and come to understand why he'd been so harsh. Still...
"Perhaps. But... maybe I could've done it with a few less wounding remarks and a lot less assumption." He sighs softly.
"If I have learned anything about our apparent shared experience is that we all have been hurt, we all have had to fail and lose and find our way through it. Enough so that... perhaps you and I can act more like brothers and less like enemies." He sets his cup down, fingers settled over it to feel the warmth of the steam against his palm.
"...we have been hurt and have hurt each other enough, I mean." He glances up then at Jacob.
"Just... please, for the love of Allah, ask me if you want to cook something, or if you need laundry, so that I may at least be there to help you. And I would prefer you be sober when you visit next."
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"Perhaps. But... maybe I could've done it with a few less wounding remarks and a lot less assumption." He sighs softly.
"If I have learned anything about our apparent shared experience is that we all have been hurt, we all have had to fail and lose and find our way through it. Enough so that... perhaps you and I can act more like brothers and less like enemies." He sets his cup down, fingers settled over it to feel the warmth of the steam against his palm.
"...we have been hurt and have hurt each other enough, I mean." He glances up then at Jacob.
"Just... please, for the love of Allah, ask me if you want to cook something, or if you need laundry, so that I may at least be there to help you. And I would prefer you be sober when you visit next."