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[manipulative]

@KATHERINE

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[rocinantes]

would you be sad if i was?

[manipulative]

I'd consider shedding a tear or two. Maybe three. Four's pushing it.

[rocinantes]

wow.
so many.

but no, i'm not dead.

[manipulative]

So if you're not dying or dead, what do you want?

[ she asks that as kindly as possible. ]

[rocinantes]

i wanna talk to you about what you saw.

[manipulative]

[ katherine had thought that they had spoken about what she had seen, but she knows that, sometimes, what's spoken about in the moment either needs to be repeated or isn't everything someone wants to talk about. katherine keeps her little quips to herself. ]

I'm not going to think less of you if that's what you're worried about.

[rocinantes]

and you can't tell anyone else.
i know that doesn't need to be said

but i don't want other people knowing

[manipulative]

You think I'm going to go and tell people you cried as a child?

I'm not that much of a monster, Amos.

[rocinantes]

calm the fuck down.
i had to say it.

i trust you
but
no one else knows that stuff

[manipulative]

[ when she sees him next, she's stabbing him for telling her to calm down. ]

Take your own advice, Burton.

Besides, I gain nothing from telling anyone anyway. Your secret is safe with me. Isn't that what friends do?

[rocinantes]

i hope so.
i haven't had many friends who know that about me.

[manipulative]

And I don't have many friends who would trust me, so I guess we make a pair.

[ the distrust she has earned from people has been self-imposed. it keeps people at bay and her safe, even if she does feel very lonely. since being here and pennsylvania, katherine's begun to learn what a full life feels like. ]

If you ever want to talk, you know. Blah blah blah. I'm here. I'm not good at this thing but I'm here.

[rocinantes]

it was a long time ago.
i've just tried to forget about it.

[manipulative]

Forgetting about it only means it resurfaces later, and probably in front of a very good-looking friend.

[ das her. ]

Acknowledging it happened doesn't take away from who you are.

[rocinantes]

i don't like thinking about it.
what you saw was the tip of the iceberg.

[manipulative]

If you're worried I'd be revolted or pity you, you're truly underestimating me. You remember I'm very old, right? Seen it all.

[rocinantes]

that's not it.

but that was mild, what you saw.
could have been worse.

[manipulative]

Whatever shit you've got in your closet, it's not going to make me think less of you as a person. My past isn't fun. I'm not going to go around judging yours.

[rocinantes]

yeah.
thanks.

still not going to share everything
but thanks