[Agnes glares at him, but does not immediately shout. He's already cowering anyway. Where's the fun in that? Spearing some hapless vegetables, she chews viciously. Finally, she answers.]
It's not that simple, Keith.
[It's not just the broadcast, it's everything that goes into even having a broadcast, There's the scheduling and publicity and sponsor meetings and next year's insurance paperwork due next week and... That's the trap, isn't it? You work so hard to make yourself the best, indispensable, that you become afraid to leave. Because what if you are, and everything falls apart? Or what if you're not, and everyone figures out they don't actually need you? (It's hard to say which would be worse.)
It's an irrational mindset. This is her system. She did not build something that would fall apart just because one person is gone. But it's her system, not someone else's... and around we go again.
She hasn't equated her situation with Sky High's recent hospital stint. That part of his interest might be in knowing exactly how frustrated she is.]
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It's not that simple, Keith.
[It's not just the broadcast, it's everything that goes into even having a broadcast, There's the scheduling and publicity and sponsor meetings and next year's insurance paperwork due next week and... That's the trap, isn't it? You work so hard to make yourself the best, indispensable, that you become afraid to leave. Because what if you are, and everything falls apart? Or what if you're not, and everyone figures out they don't actually need you? (It's hard to say which would be worse.)
It's an irrational mindset. This is her system. She did not build something that would fall apart just because one person is gone. But it's her system, not someone else's... and around we go again.
She hasn't equated her situation with Sky High's recent hospital stint. That part of his interest might be in knowing exactly how frustrated she is.]