[Maybe it was different when you didn't feel like you'd been betrayed by everyone. Or when you actually had family. He wasn't sure, honestly, and he ended up just shrugging.] No point to any of it unless we make sure he still has a world to grow up in.
Here's hoping you're right. But then, you're good at talking to people - better than me, definitely. [She had a few advantages, though. Being a woman, being pretty, having a way with words - all of which were things he lacked.]
The trick is just knowing what it is people want, and being the one to give that to them! Not too different than in the Circle, really. And most people right now just want to not die, and we've been really good at making that happen for them!
[ with the long-suffering patience of a martyr: ] It's fine, I'm used to being the only one with correct opinions about my friends. Just one of many terrible burdens I must bear.
Well, you know, just think: what's the worst that could happen if someone thinks ill of me? And if the answer is anything less than "they'll kill me," then you just don't have to care.
[ she may have a deeply skewed sense of perspective. ]
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Anyway, I like talking to you.
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[But at least it got a little smirk.]
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[ she may have a deeply skewed sense of perspective. ]