Great Bear Wilderness all these diamonds

Clarence smiled slightly at the joke and shrugged his shoulders. "I didn't say you didn't look good," he amended, feeling his face flush at that. The boy watched the rock as it plopped into the water, rippling on the surface of the water. 

"I don't," he said calmly, realizing that he actually might not genuinely care about this boy's problems. "I was thinking maybe it would be nice to be miserable with someone else, instead of by yourself." He wasn't here to share sob stories. He was... he wasn't sure why he was there, to be honest. Misery loves company.