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[neverjoinyou]

Leave a message. I will hear you.

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[neverjoinyou]

[There are not words enough for how much Luke does not believe that to be true, but he's not sure what to do with that.]

I won't pretend I haven't been lied to, too. Sometimes because people thought they were doing the right thing. But Bill... has it occurred to you that people have disappointed you mostly because you haven't allowed them to do anything else?

Have I lied to you?

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[tetractys]

NOT INTENTIONALLY!

BUT HAVE I EVER PUT YOU IN A POSITION WHERE TELLING THE TRUTH WOULD GET SOMEONE YOU LIKE KILLED?

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[neverjoinyou]

No. But we're not talking about specific situations. I'm saying that maybe the reason you can't trust anyone now is because you haven't every trusted anyone in the past.

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[tetractys]

WHAT, NOBODY'S EVER SCREWED ME OVER SO I SHOULD START LETTING THEM?

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[neverjoinyou]

No. Why does....

You've never let anyone like you. Help you.

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[tetractys]

YEAH.

[this is entirely on purpose my guy]

I DON'T NEED IT.

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[neverjoinyou]

How's that going for you?

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[tetractys]

WELL IF IT WASN'T GOING WELL I'D STOP DOING IT, RIGHT?

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[neverjoinyou]

Does your history actually support that?

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[tetractys]

HEY...

[its true bill]

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[neverjoinyou]

That's not an argument...

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[tetractys]

LOOK, IT'S A COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS! EVERYBODY I MEET'S GOING TO BE DEAD SOON ANYWAY.

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[neverjoinyou]

[Luke thinks about this for a moment.]

So I shouldn't feed Sinjir. The cat, I mean.

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[tetractys]

WELL, HE IS KIND OF A FREELOADER.

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[neverjoinyou]

That's not the point.

Unless something happens to me, I'm going to outlive him. Should I therefore let him die?

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[tetractys]

YOU WANT THE ANSWER THAT'S NICE, OR MY REAL ONE?

BECAUSE I'D SAY GO AHEAD.

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[neverjoinyou]

The real one, but I will say that while it's the answer I expected, it's not an answer that leads to a very interesting life.

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[tetractys]

WHAT! I HAVE A GREAT LIFE. I'M THE MOST INTERESTING PERSON I KNOW!

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[neverjoinyou]

You know what I'm going to ask the Admiral for?

A vacation for you. In a place where everything and everyone has been annihilated.

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[tetractys]

I'VE ALREADY BEEN THERE!

I'M OLDER THAN YOUR UNIVERSE, AND OLDER THAN THE ONE THAT CAME BEFORE IT, AND OLDER THAN THE ONE THAT CAME BEFORE THAT ONE. EVERY TIME HEAT DEATH ROLLS AROUND I'M THE LAST ONE STILL THERE. THERE'S NO STARS AND NO LIFE AND NO ENERGY, JUST ME, FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS, ALONE.

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[neverjoinyou]

Yeah, my point is that that sounds awful. And that's exactly what you get with your philosophy.

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[tetractys]

WE ARE GOING TO FUNDAMENTALLY DISAGREE ON THIS!

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[neverjoinyou]

I guess. I'm just not sure why, since you've seen it.

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[tetractys]

LISTEN, THAT HAPPENS WHETHER I BREAK THINGS OR NOT!

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[neverjoinyou]

Right, right. So we come back to nothing mattering. I don't know--it just sounds really boring.