[ And wow, that's a punch to the gut, whether Josh realizes it or not. It's Isaac's fault in the first place, anyway, thinking that Josh is pack despite the number of times Josh himself had implied he wasn't - still hurts though. ]

That's your plan. Just avoid the whole issue until it goes away. You want me to pretend there isn't a problem.

[ can you see where he might be having a problem with this? ]

Don't feel responsible for me just because I'm a kid.