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NO, BUT IT DOES MEAN I GOT THIS ONE RIGHT!

EVEN WHEN YOU ACT IN GOOD FAITH - WHICH I DON'T DO - ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES THERE'S NO WAY TO EVER FORESEE! SOMEONE ALWAYS LOSES, INDIRECTLY AND WAY DOWN THE LINE!

Fine. I'm not saying bad things never happen--but I am saying that entering into actions when you know the consequences hurt others is not okay.

WHY?

[This isn't a naive question, unsurprisingly: he's just wondering why he has to give a shit about that.]

It's part of being alive--being part of a community. I know you haven't really had that. But there's a... I think if everyone acted only out of their own interest, it wouldn't be long before there wasn't anything left to enjoy. I know we've talked about this before, but it's true.

EVERYBODY DOES ACT OUT OF THEIR OWN INTEREST! THEY JUST FRAME IT DIFFERENT WAYS. I GET WHAT YOU MEAN, THOUGH. IT'S NOT FOR EVERYONE! JUST ME.

[well believe it or not that's progress.]

That's why I said 'only.'

[Sigh]

So you're different.

YEAH! I LIKE BEING DIFFERENT.

Do you like being alone?

NAH. TOO BORING! BUT IF IT'S WHAT I GOTTA DO, I DON'T MIND.

You do realize I'm implying those are connected.

YEAH!

IT'S LIKE I SAID: I DON'T MIND BEING ALONE IF THAT'S THE JOB. IN FACT, I KINDA GET ANTSY IF TOO MANY PEOPLE AGREE WITH ME! MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I MISSED SOMETHING.

LOOK, PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE WHETHER INDEPENDENCE IS WORTH THE PRICE OF NOT BEING POPULAR. EVERYBODY MAKES THEIR OWN CALL THERE! FOR ME IT'S WORTH IT!

Edited 2018-05-18 05:38 (UTC)

[Oh good, they've gotten to the part where his head starts to throb.]

What I'm trying to say is that if you always value your own freedom and wants over everyone else's, you've going to have no place to enjoy them in. There won't be any choice. It's not a matter of popularity. It's a matter of... sacrificing others for no reason.

THEY JUST GOTTA PUSH BACK! THAT'S HOW YOU GET A DEAL! COMPROMISE!

Okay. How have you gone about, ah, negotiating this compromise?

WELL, FIRST I GOT REVENGE ON THEM, THEN THEY GOT REVENGE ON ME, THEN I GOT DOUBLE REVENGE, BUT THEY GOT REVENGE FOR THAT TOO...

Which part of 'negotiate' are you completely choosing to ignore?

GOOD QUESTION! IF I TAKE THE "OTI" PART OUT IT'S JUST "NEGATE" RIGHT?

NEGOTIATION IS ARTIFICIAL. PEOPLE LIE! THE ONLY PLACE THEY'RE HONEST IS WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL YOU!

[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?

NOT INTENTIONALLY!

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

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.

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

No. Why does....

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

YEAH.

[this is entirely on purpose my guy]

I DON'T NEED IT.

How's that going for you?

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

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