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[foolmetwice]

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[foolmetwice]

I'm allowed to be critical of a flawed system even if I'm not sure how I'd do it better, you know.

[avestan]

Are you actually critical of the system for how it affects society? Or do you just dislike it for causing problems for the people you care about?

[foolmetwice]

[. . .]

Does it matter?

[avestan]

[shrug]

Not really.

[foolmetwice]

[. . .]

Anyway, the point is-- I still don't think you're evil.

But-- I dunno. Maybe my perspective is skewed? But when it comes to the "truth," what matters most is how people perceive things, right?

[avestan]

...

Hah, that's true. Maybe I wouldn't be in such a bad spot here if people believed me.

[foolmetwice]

Maybe.

[. . .]

Do you want them to believe you?

[avestan]

If they did, things would be a lot more convenient for me.

[foolmetwice]

That's not the same as "wanting" them to, you know.

[avestan]

[...]

Right. I get what you're thinking now.

But if there's one thing I definitely don't want, it's your sympathy.

[foolmetwice]

Whatever you think I'm thinking, it isn't that. Because I never said anything about sympathy.

[resting his chin in his palm]

. . .

If you wanted them to believe it, I'd just understand where you're coming from. Why you'd want 'em to. That's all.

[avestan]

...Yeah? And why would that be?

[foolmetwice]

It'd be easier if people believed me when I said I was a huge asshole.

[avestan]

[laughs a bit]

Well, yeah. That's part of it.

[foolmetwice]

[huffs a bit]

So I get it. That's all. Especially in a shitty place like this.

[where the pain of watching your loved ones die is frequent]

[avestan]

...That's not the main reason for me, though. It's more a matter of survival.

[foolmetwice]

. . . survival?

[avestan]

Ah, it's nothing you need to concern yourself with, so forget I said that.

[foolmetwice]

[arches a brow]

You know that's not how it works, right?

[avestan]

Why not? You gonna lose sleep over my problems unless I tell you all about them?

[foolmetwice]

No. But I will be annoyed at you for teasing something and then not telling me about it.

[avestan]

Okay, but the thing is that I don't wanna explain that shit. I've tried with other people and it never goes well.

[foolmetwice]

Consider: I'm not "other people."

[avestan]

Oh yeah? What makes you so special?

[foolmetwice]

Never said I was "special," just not like other people.