Weston: Look at my outlook. You don't envy it, right?Wesley: No.Weston: That's because it's full of poison. Infected. And you recognize poison, right? You recognize it when you see it?Wesley: Yes.Weston: Yes, you do. I can see that you do. My poison scares you.Wesley: Doesn't scare me.Weston: No?Wesley: No.Weston: Good. You're growing up. I never saw my old man's poison until I was much older than you. Much older. And then you know how I recognized it?Wesley: How?Weston: Because I saw myself infected with it. That's how. I saw me carrying it around. His poison in my body.
In this exchange, Weston expresses a sense of disillusionment with his life, highlighting that his outlook is filled with negativity, which he refers to as 'poison.' He seems to believe that this toxic perspective is something that Wesley can recognize and that it frightens him. However, Wesley denies that he is scared, indicating a maturity that Weston appreciates.
Weston reflects on his past and how he only recognized the 'poison' from his father later in life, realizing that he carried it within himself. This revelation marks a moment of growth for Wesley, as he begins to understand the implications of such inherited negativity without succumbing to it himself.
