Jim has never known Steve to be any different, and even though he's heard mention of it, it's still a hell of a thing to try to get his head around. Trying to picture Steve as anything other than the perfect specimen of humanity that he is now... well, it's hard, to say the least.
But the rest... yeah, he thinks he gets it. Enough of it, anyway. "Makes sense." He doesn't try to tell Steve that he's being irrational, or that he's got nothing to worry about, or that he's got to eat regardless of what other people think of him. Steve already knows all that shit. Knows how conscious, rational reasoning through the whole thing doesn't matter one bit against years of ingrained habit and anxiety.
After all, knowing that he can get something to eat whenever he wants, however much he wants, has never stopped Jim from hoarding food in every home he's ever known, no matter how temporary. It's never stopped him from completely clearing his plate at every meal, no matter whether he hates whatever's for dinner. Reason didn't get him there in the first place, and it sure as hell can't get him out of it again. Why waste words arguing otherwise when he knows all too well how little that will actually do here?
He's not quite looking at Steve - hadn't been, even before he'd mentioned the staring thing, this topic being one of Jim's least favorites to start with. But knowing that now, he definitely doesn't look up until that sandwich is gone, loathe to do anything - no matter how minor - to discourage Steve from eating his fill.
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But the rest... yeah, he thinks he gets it. Enough of it, anyway. "Makes sense." He doesn't try to tell Steve that he's being irrational, or that he's got nothing to worry about, or that he's got to eat regardless of what other people think of him. Steve already knows all that shit. Knows how conscious, rational reasoning through the whole thing doesn't matter one bit against years of ingrained habit and anxiety.
After all, knowing that he can get something to eat whenever he wants, however much he wants, has never stopped Jim from hoarding food in every home he's ever known, no matter how temporary. It's never stopped him from completely clearing his plate at every meal, no matter whether he hates whatever's for dinner. Reason didn't get him there in the first place, and it sure as hell can't get him out of it again. Why waste words arguing otherwise when he knows all too well how little that will actually do here?
He's not quite looking at Steve - hadn't been, even before he'd mentioned the staring thing, this topic being one of Jim's least favorites to start with. But knowing that now, he definitely doesn't look up until that sandwich is gone, loathe to do anything - no matter how minor - to discourage Steve from eating his fill.