Discourse

Function

G2: And Bailey is also blind and it’s really hard.

initiates

G1: I think Bailey understands blindness more than Rosie because he technically is blind. And he has to live with that.

extends and explains

G3: Yeah

accepts

B: And Rosie doesn’t know how it feels. If she got it then she would.

supplements

G2: Rosie doesn’t realize how lucky she is. She’s always like “I want to be like Bailey”. “I wanna read Braille”. But Bailey never says that about Rosie...

supplements

G3: Yeah

accepts

G2: ...And he can’t see but Rosie can.

supplements

B: Bailey doesn’t say how he wants to read books. He’s fine with what he has. But Rosie wants. Rosie has the, the option to read books and Bailey doesn’t. And she kind of (goes gross).

extends

G3: I don’t really get why Bailey, um, Rosie wants to be blind like Bailey. Like, when she put the tissue over her eyes and went to sleep, like that she wanted to wake up.

questions

G2: Yeah. That’s also evidence for friendship.

ignores and concludes