[soft scuffling sounds, a wheezy cough, a wet and throaty snarl, and then something slams down with force right next to the device. He sounds slurred. Drunk maybe, beat up, definitely. Six of one and half a dozen of the other.]
Don't think've it as 'nother holiday... celebrated joyfully wi'family and friends.
Think've it as another holiday
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Trying to keep the--maudlin displays in check.
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Perhaps... some memories're more useful than others.
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Does trauma interest you?
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Obviously what you're arguing for is the enhancement of pleasure to hopefully increase the output of trauma. Intuitively, that makes perfect sense.
However, consider another approach with the young and naive - the workings of the imagination, and its tendency to idealize that which it hasn't yet experienced.
The trick is knowing exactly where, between a week and months, is the opportune time - I'm sure I could draw up a bell curve if I knew the people involved.
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[ Pause. ] But the balance is important. Without one to balance the other, it ceases to be and merely becomes conventional.
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There still isn't enough information.
Change the how. Trauma is multiplied via personal involvement. An accident is tragic, but can be overcome. Murder is horrific, but forgiveness isn't unheard of. Shift the accountability. Make the surviving victim feel culpable, and you have a ghost to haunt them for decades, almost guaranteed.
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... Oh, yes. Absolutely guaranteed.
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Mm.
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