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[greatoldjohn]

[in a rather deep voice] "This is John Doe. Please leave your message. I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I may respond in text if I'm currently with Arthur. Apologies."

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[greatoldjohn]

"Human beings used to be insignificant to me. Even Arthur was insignificant at one time. I manipulated him to do what I wanted, to feel safe and secure and in control. And I didn't care that I hurt him to do it.

"Now, he's everything to me. And I have to hear the shadow of every shitty thing I did, all the things I took from him, all the twists of the knife I used, in moments that could have been perfect."

He looks to her.

"I don't regret Arthur. I'll never regret Arthur. But I regret not caring. I thought caring would cost me everything. But the truth is that it was not caring that made me lose something. I just couldn't see that while I didn't care."

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[citizendetective]

"I've never wanted to be like that," she says, curling her fingers against the skin of Natalie's arm. "Even when I've talked about getting better and better at not caring - I've never included everybody in that."

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[greatoldjohn]

"Haven't you?"

He doesn't sound challenging. More trying to rectify two conflicting data points.

"What's the difference? In practice, I mean?"

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[citizendetective]

"Between not feeling anything for most people and not feeling anything for anyone?" She pauses. "Not feeling anything for most people makes it easier to protect the people I do care about."

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[greatoldjohn]

He listens to that but-

"I would agree to some degree, but in many ways, it's much harder."

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[citizendetective]

"Others such as...?"