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"Machines are easy to predict,” he said. “If they're made well and kept well, you know how they'll behave. If you press this button, this happens. If you pull that handle, that happens. People and life aren't easy like that. Don't think of it as indecision. Think of it as a new place in life. You've been stuck in one spot for so long and now, you're moving past that. Of course there's fear. You're becoming someone new. Someone better. Fear has been your lover for so long you're loath to leave it behind."<br> | "Machines are easy to predict,” he said. “If they're made well and kept well, you know how they'll behave. If you press this button, this happens. If you pull that handle, that happens. People and life aren't easy like that. Don't think of it as indecision. Think of it as a new place in life. You've been stuck in one spot for so long and now, you're moving past that. Of course there's fear. You're becoming someone new. Someone better. Fear has been your lover for so long you're loath to leave it behind."<br> | ||
I snorted and restrained myself from elbowing him in the ribs. At this range, I couldn't miss.<br> | I snorted and restrained myself from elbowing him in the ribs. At this range, I couldn't miss.<br> | ||
− | "Right. As if I | + | "Right. As if I liked being paranoid and isolated and lonely and miserable. ''Dierma'', Christian. I wasn’t a ''masochist''. I was just distrustful and angry." I narrowed my eyes at him, wishing I could read people better but that was something I sucked at. "But yeah, I agree I was so deep in the hole I could barely see daylight. So, forgive me if I find the sunshine a little blinding right now, okay?"<br> |
I dropped my head back and spoke to the ceiling.<br> | I dropped my head back and spoke to the ceiling.<br> | ||
"You're right, though. We could do this every night and enjoy it. Or we could stop now and never so much as kiss again. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself in the near, but I do know I don't want either scenario. Isn't there some way we could meet in the ''middle'' of ‘All or Nothing’?"<br> | "You're right, though. We could do this every night and enjoy it. Or we could stop now and never so much as kiss again. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself in the near, but I do know I don't want either scenario. Isn't there some way we could meet in the ''middle'' of ‘All or Nothing’?"<br> |