"Everyone! Now the people of the UP think I'm some murdering psycho and even before that, when I got my Green Lantern ring and was making monsters with it, Jason said I was leaking creepy on the floor."

That kind of thing...it stings. Middle school insults hurt when you're a middle schooler.

He clarifies, "Meathead Jason. Not the nice Jason."

The other Jason is an okay guy.

"Even Gwen, she..."

He remembered how she'd looked at him after he'd summoned up all those monsters. Maybe it'd changed after, maybe she'd gotten kinder and gentler and...

And...she had gotten kinder. After seeing how messed up he felt about it all.

Pidge's words hit home, too. Kindness hits home, just like it did last time he was brainwashed. Hal and Hiccup had gotten through to him with kindness, both their own and by reminding him of his sister's love.

He pauses and as he sits there, thinking about what Mabel would think, thinking about how she'd be sad and scared and still try to save him from himself, he just looks lost.

The little yellow light burns bright as he looks at Pidge.

"You're not supposed to try to make me think, or try to save me, you're supposed to think I'm a scary freak and run. Just like you were supposed to stop trying to be friends with me after I was a crazy person at Wash during training."