[He doesn't sound terribly enthused, but there's the barest suggestion of a smile on his face when he reaches out to take Tim's hand.
It's entirely possible that "But you did it." is the most encouraging thing anybody has ever said to Connor aside from that one time in middle school Alana Beck told him he wasn't stupid, he just learned things differently. That was different, though, a project partner trying to make him feel better by lying to him and not . . . for once, someone actually acknowledging he accomplished something, however insignificant.]
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[He doesn't sound terribly enthused, but there's the barest suggestion of a smile on his face when he reaches out to take Tim's hand.
It's entirely possible that "But you did it." is the most encouraging thing anybody has ever said to Connor aside from that one time in middle school Alana Beck told him he wasn't stupid, he just learned things differently. That was different, though, a project partner trying to make him feel better by lying to him and not . . . for once, someone actually acknowledging he accomplished something, however insignificant.]