No, I... Maybe I haven't been clear. I will state it plainly:
Dirk, I do not want to play any sort of game in order to talk to you like a person.
That is my thesis statement. Feeling like you're trying to get something out of it by framing a conversation AS a game is supporting evidence. Additionally - and I will offer this freely - perhaps I might not want to know anything about a potential future that, until a couple of weeks ago, I never thought possible to exist for me? One that's obviously had a profound influence on you for the negative to boot.
[She almost adds, "And I don't want to know about the concept of a Jane that I can't be" before backspacing, and then sends it. It's already enough of a whammy to say "yeah no I don't want to know about my shitty future", if he insists on pretending this is a game some more he can use that however he likes. She'll give it to him for free.]
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Maybe I haven't been clear. I will state it plainly:
Dirk, I do not want to play any sort of game in order to talk to you like a person.
That is my thesis statement. Feeling like you're trying to get something out of it by framing a conversation AS a game is supporting evidence. Additionally - and I will offer this freely - perhaps I might not want to know anything about a potential future that, until a couple of weeks ago, I never thought possible to exist for me? One that's obviously had a profound influence on you for the negative to boot.
[She almost adds, "And I don't want to know about the concept of a Jane that I can't be" before backspacing, and then sends it. It's already enough of a whammy to say "yeah no I don't want to know about my shitty future", if he insists on pretending this is a game some more he can use that however he likes. She'll give it to him for free.]