Before the beach, he needs to get his eye checked. Don't take him off before that happens.
[he doesn't want to act like a dad--and he isn't--but he can't help feeling like a big brother... he promised the kid to keep him safe, and maybe he is taking it too far by contacting most of the people he comes close with. but he's telling himself that he isn't getting in the way, just making sure that he arranges so that he gets patched up first -- and everything else after that, he can drown in the ocean if he wants.]
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Don't take him off before that happens.
[he doesn't want to act like a dad--and he isn't--but he can't help feeling like a big brother... he promised the kid to keep him safe, and maybe he is taking it too far by contacting most of the people he comes close with. but he's telling himself that he isn't getting in the way, just making sure that he arranges so that he gets patched up first -- and everything else after that, he can drown in the ocean if he wants.]