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[malfattore]

{Truly, nothing beats the comforts of home. Isn't that right?}

{He should ask Riza. She'd probably like to be home right now, no? He should have tucked her head away under his arm. Brought her to his home, at least. Fed her sweets and spoke warmly to her of his successes

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[i_love_squats]

You know, saying you don't care about those that die across the network where their loved ones can here you, might be a place to start. There are still living folks that don't want to hear people say things like that, even if they are true. You're turning people into a statistic on your "Save/Die" list.

Weren't you ever told, "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all?"

Voice

[malfattore]

Their loved ones have more to worry about than what I have to say. And I? Am here to worry about the living and their respective physical ailments. Not the deceased. And if the living are particularly close to me {fat chance}, they shall receive my sympathies.

To a realistic extent.

I've been told that, yes, though I also believe that a person's perception of "nice" is relative.

Voice

[i_love_squats]

Look, no one's asking you to send flowers and a card or make a charitable donation in their memory. I think they'd just rather you didn't talk so...cheap about it, like the deaths don't matter on an emotional level. Just, you know, not say anything at all about the dead. Not unless you're giving your sympathies.

[And he's not referring to himself. Oh, no. Not him. He's not still sore about it.]

[ Voice ]

[malfattore]

I don't prance around the subject. If people take that as... cheap... that's their issue, and not mine. I'm indifferent because I have to be. There's nothing I can do for a dead person, and I won't refrain from speaking my mind simply to pacify the public.

I have acquaintances here. Not friends. Some I prefer over others, yes, but not friends. The sooner you learn that, the sooner you can cease attempting to tell me what I should and shouldn't be saying.

{Y'big ass.}

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[i_love_squats]

It's not about pacifying the public; it's about respecting it. That's all. Having a little consideration for the feelings of the people who've lost someone isn't too much to ask, I think. Besides, what goes around, comes around; you respect us, we respect you.

And hey, I'll be out of your hair, and we can coexist decently. Everyone wins, right?

[He's calm. He's really calm. Dammit, he's trying, Mal!]

[ Voice ]

[malfattore]

You assume respect is something I give freely. You also assume I want your respect. Tch.

I certainly do, boy.

{KEEP TRYING}

[ Voice ]

[i_love_squats]

[And Zack starts losing his patience.] The world doesn't just involve you, you know.

[ Voice ]

[malfattore]

{Score.} You really think I believe it does? If that were the case, would I be so indifferent as to whether or not I have your respect? Would I not demand it outright, if I believed myself to be so important?

[ Voice ]

[i_love_squats]

[Bird Jerk.] Yeah, but you're thinking makes it seem like that. Your opinion is the only one that matters. There one thing of being confident and another for being arrogant, you know?

[ Voice ]

[malfattore]

I believe those who are secure with themselves recognize the confidence in others. Others with their insecurities, co-existing with the confident? See only arrogance.

Ergo, your problem. Not mine.

[ Voice ]

[i_love_squats]

All of you doctors are the same: you think you know everything and can't accept when you don't.

[ Voice ]

[malfattore]

Ah, frustration. Last resort emotional lash-outs of those with nothing useful left to say.

[ Voice ]

[i_love_squats]

I'm not frustrated! [Yeah, because it's not totally obvious!] I'm just calling it how I see it.

[ Voice ]

[malfattore]

Of course you are, lad. Of course you are.

[ Voice ]

[i_love_squats]

[And he fights the urge to call him a "jerk" and instead just turns off the Forge. Nyah.]