I have a daughter in the Livable Zone. If the rig fails, the nightmare seeps in.
[There is vestigial humanity in some bureacrats. Only some.]
You don't know what it was like, during the war. Whole sections of buildings carved out of reality. My wife... half of my wife was -
And the nightmares in the fog after, sometimes with human voices -
[There was a whole lot of suffering, and very few therapists. Some were monsters before the war. Some were broken by it.]
The rig is essential, you see. I know you can't see that at a time like this.
[A long pause, and the mask is back up, but what is it masking right now?]
But I do understand why you find your current conditions so hostile. Perhaps we should relocate this conversation to something in person. In an hour, perhaps? We can discuss how to help you proceed, going forward.
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[Nope, she's got him.]
I have a daughter in the Livable Zone. If the rig fails, the nightmare seeps in.
[There is vestigial humanity in some bureacrats. Only some.]
You don't know what it was like, during the war. Whole sections of buildings carved out of reality. My wife... half of my wife was -
And the nightmares in the fog after, sometimes with human voices -
[There was a whole lot of suffering, and very few therapists. Some were monsters before the war. Some were broken by it.]
The rig is essential, you see. I know you can't see that at a time like this.
[A long pause, and the mask is back up, but what is it masking right now?]
But I do understand why you find your current conditions so hostile. Perhaps we should relocate this conversation to something in person. In an hour, perhaps? We can discuss how to help you proceed, going forward.