We all hold back. You're just - you're better than that. You were the one that was always kinder, sweeter than you had to be. I remember that.

[Stan might have been reserved and he more than earned a mouthful from Eddie once or twice, but he also remembered how soft he was. How gentle he could be, nurturing despite his mother being overbearing and crude in the worst of ways.]

I'm not brave. Not now. Not then.

[That much he knew for certain. The small brush of finger has his eyes lifting to meet Eddie's, and he flinches, not from the touch but from what he knew he was about to tell him.]

Because I knew it was the only way you guys would be able to beat It. I knew I'd never be able to- [Do what had to be done.]