Ok, wild theory about the phrase "there, there, it's just a game" - what if Doc or someone close to him wronged "father" or a beloved person of father by saying that phrase to either one of them? Let me give an example so you understand better: Imagine a child got bullied and made fun of by others very badly. It's very emotional and pouring their heart out in front of for example an adult, hoping to be helped and protected to escape the bullying. The adult however seems to not understand the seriousness of the situation the child is in, thinking it's just "normal" banter, using the words "there, there, it's just a game". The child feels totally hopeless after that and either unalives itself due to the pressure or gets hurt so badly by the bullies that it looses its life from the damage done to it. Someone very close to that child finds out later that the adult didn't intervene which wants them get revenge in a very bad way to pay them back, so they do harmful things to get the adults attention, using the very words that failed them... "there, there, it's just a game". Maybe i am speculating to much but if i was telling this story, i'd propably think of something like this lol
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