He needs this, dinner at home, his dad and Carole, even Finn, who is awkward but trying. He needs this to remind him that the people who attacked Dave aren't normal. They're not everyone. They're the worst side of people, the worst possible versions of human beings. Kurt's dad, Carole, Finn, they're the best versions. They're compassionate and caring and they love each other, and they obviously care about Dave even though they have reason to distrust and dislike him. The best of people and the worst of people, all in one day. It's disconcerting, and it isn't helping Kurt reach any kind of epiphany about it all. All he can figure is that there are horrible people like Jason Campbell and his buddies, and there are wonderful people like his dad and Carole. And most everyone else in the world is probably somewhere in the middle.
—Chapter 9