"He was only a kid, but he wasn't a virgin either. And we-- I mean we were with other people, sometimes." Usually in a threesome or something, if they both wanted it. And maybe that's different, but it's also--

He sighs.

"He's so different from what I'm used to," he says quietly. "And I'm worried that there's something about me that's gonna fuck him up, and he won't have any other experience to fall back on."

Which is maybe bullshit, too. Because he also knows that Jack has friends to talk to. But is it the same?