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[mind_blown]

"This is Jason. Leave a message.

Or don't. I don't care."

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[iamverybadass]

What does saying it out loud do for us? It doesn't change anything. It's not going to make it less fucked up.

[mind_blown]

[a shrug.]

It won't.

But it makes me feel better.

[iamverybadass]

It just reminds me how abnormal we are.

[mind_blown]

... You're kidding, right?

[iamverybadass]

Are you?

Name one normal thing about our lives.

[mind_blown]

No, our lives were abnormal.

I'll give you that. But what are you comparing us to, here?

[iamverybadass]

[ He shrugs stiffly, scowling out at the city again ]

Other people here, obviously. Even people who have been through bizarre lives themselves are still regularly confused or shocked by my life. Or my behavior. Dealing with their pity or concern is tedious.

[mind_blown]

You could call them on throwing stones in glass houses, you know.

[don't let them pity you, their lives are fucked up and weird too.]

[iamverybadass]

Can I? Do other people have to be taught how to have fun? Or train themselves out of overt displays of paranoia? Did they have an absence of anything traditionally considered a part of childhood?

I don't even have birthdays! I sent that man on a fucking scavenger hunt across Europe when I was ten so he could follow in the footsteps of his stupid dead parents, and he couldn't bother to make an appearance for five minutes. Not even a video call!

[ So. He may be upset about several things here. ]

[mind_blown]

-- Woah.

You really were in conceal don't feel mode, huh.

[iamverybadass]

Is that a reference?

[mind_blown]

Sounded right.

Look, you're right to be mad. Our lives were fucked up, but even on a scale of fucked up, we can recognize it. And also not take advice from this clown side show that they know what's best.

If anything... We're figuring it out.

[iamverybadass]

[ Grumbles and tightens his arms around his knees ]

We are.

I would still prefer it if more people were satisfied with that.

[mind_blown]

Casting stones.

Tell them to fuck off.

Or I'll tell them to. I'm sure between the both of us, they'll get the hint.

[iamverybadass]

I appreciate the gesture, but I do not need you to fight my battles for me.

[mind_blown]

Because people have enough common fucking sense to not say shit to me.

[because he's an adult.]

[iamverybadass]

Only because you don't look like a grade schooler.