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[curvaceous]

If that's how you see me, Barrett, as a mirror image of your father, I'm not going to speak to you anymore. Period.

[gluttoning]

Not you.

[curvaceous]

...Okay. Sorry, read that wrong.

But, my point still stands. Don't I have the right to be mad that a friend of mine punched my roommate in the shoulder so hard that they couldn't use it?

What are you hoping to accomplish right now? What's gotten into you?

[gluttoning]

Maybe. That's not what I'm asking.

I wonder how much more good could be done if there were more people who could just be just like you, Kara.

If we fought, would you feel better?

[curvaceous]

Good? Good? There's nothing good about me or anything I've done here, don't make me laugh.

I'm not gonna lie, you're seriously weirding me out right now, but I'm not going to fight you. Is that what you want?

[gluttoning]

You're getting vengeance for a friend that got hurt. That's good.

You're standing up for other people. That's good.

You're turning your bad emotions and making them work for you. It's good.

We talked about it once. At the church. I wonder if you remember.



Yes. No?

I don't know.

Something's got to be at fault for all this. Everything. Maybe it's me. But I can't fight myself.

[curvaceous]

Vengeance isn't it. It's not good. Don't say that it is, Barrett.

This isn't like you at all.





And yes.

I remember it well.

1/2

[gluttoning]

Huh.

I wonder why I said it that way. But it still feels like it fits. Right?




I'm glad. I'd hoped you would.

Even if you never came back, I wondered about you a lot. So I'm glad you're here. And I'm glad you're letting yourself be seen. Even when you're angry.

/2

[gluttoning]

[A pause.]

Sorry.

Sorry.

My head hurts. I'm not going to keep talking.

I won't touch Hani. Keep them away. Okay? I don't want to fight. But I do.

I'll feel better in the morning. I'm sure of it.

Goodnight, Kara.

[curvaceous]

[ There's a long, long delay before she responds. It probably comes long after Barrett's fallen asleep. ]

Goodnight.