[Per discussion with Gels, between
this conversation and now, Mal has: gotten out of the infirmary, reviewed her file with Angelica, confirmed to her satisfaction (although by no means to her liking) that the file speaks truth, and moved back into her room, which has also now been COMPLETELY REDECORATED. As you might imagine, she was no longer
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[Does that make it better or worse? GOOD QUESTION.]
How much did Angelica tell you?
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[Pause, then he ventures:] This is why dying before didn't convince you. [Kind of a question, mostly not.]
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There was so much there in that file, Arthur. Things no one else could have possibly known. I didn't want to believe but trying to explain it away only got harder and harder, and so I have to accept --
But I can't stop thinking ... what he made me think. The idea won't go away. I have to -- have to keep swatting at it, like a mosquito I can't kill.
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I thought
What you said to me, about..
Was it all for him?
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I still sometimes think
I have to remind myself that
Yes
In the end I was only thinking of myself.
Nothing I say can make amends.
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I'm not looking for amends. You're right about that -- nothing you say will make a fucking difference for what you did.
Just tell me.. Did you ever even feel anything for me, or was it all for him? That's all I want to know.
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I am not well. I could not see it before.
There is much more I could explain, but you probably do not wish to listen.
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