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man sometimes i think we forget that andrew minyard is just a kid. he kisses neil out of sheer impulse – though clearly we were leading up to it, that moment itself was andrew losing control and taking, andrew telling neil to tell him no because he wants this. andrew minyard, traumatized since birth and set to live through and remember every moment, is just a kid who had to tell neil to stop himself because he wanted it too much and he knew that he had to stop so that he could have it. just once, the right way.