Brother, you should put me in front of a firing squad. I have no words for how I failed you.
Conversation · Dolores Dei
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She breathes out, heavily, as if something painful has passed through her -- and shakes her head.
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She shakes her head one more time. The evening wind rustles her hair, blowing old newspapers and fast food wrappings down the street...
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It does not. It goes on. Children run in the back alleys. Pigeons take flight. She shakes her head one more time as the evening wind rustles her hair.
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"Why did you do that to yourself? You know I don't cheat, Harry. I never cheated on you."
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"No, Harry. Not yet. There is one more thing you have to see..." She slides her hands down her chest, and onto her lower stomach. And smiles.
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"Now, go ahead..." She wipes her palms into the silk of her gown. "...ask me more questions. Let's talk about something else."
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- "War criminal!"Remembered · 1
- "But... that's not a very good way for things to be."Remembered · 1
- "What do you mean by insane?"Remembered · 1
- "You're not even human."Remembered · 1
- "I've taken responsibility for my actions now. I'm a new man. Weighty and normal."
- "I bought you this figurine of a Headless FALN Rider!" (Give it to her.)Remembered · 1
- "What happens now?"
- "By the way, I’m making mad paper now. My net worth is insane."
- "I've been reading books. I've got lots of new ideas about ideology and capital."
- "I know you still love me." (Kiss her.)Remembered · 1
- "I have become an unbreakable kingsman."
- "I get the feeling you're not really Dolores Dei."Remembered · 1
- "But you said I have a vast soul and you will always come back to it."Remembered · 1
- "Don't go..."
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"Mass murderer!"
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"That is very contested by modern historians." She tramples her little feet for warmth and adds: "Very contested. Plus..."
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"You're only saying this because things didn't work out between us. I have to go to the aerodrome now. I don't have time to defend myself from these accusations."
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Stop making her angry. She won't start loving you again if you call her a mass murderer. Seriously.
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"You were very bad to me too..." She stops. "We've talked about it like seven million times now, I don't want to do that anymore."
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"Who says that? I have ruled with kindness, grace and temperance. It's perfectly normal to have an Army of Humanity. I am the innocence of humanism -- I call it whatever I want to."
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"Besides, you're only saying this because things didn't work out between us." She stops. "I really have to go to the aerodrome, I don't have time for this."
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Stop making her angry! She won't start loving you again if you call her a war criminal. Seriously.
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"That's it, yes," she looks up from her toes. "We've talked about it a million times. You will get over it, just like I did. People do. Things will get good for you again..."
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"See?" Her eyes widen. "It just takes some time. For you, I think it will take something like... twenty years maybe? It was hard for me too. I used to think I couldn't live without you..." She looks you straight in the eye -- her irises are light blue, flecked with green.
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- "See?" Her eyes widen. "It just takes some time. For you, I think it will take something like... twenty years maybe? It was hard for me too. I used to think I couldn't live without you..." She looks you straight in the eye -- her irises are light blue, flecked with green.
- "See?" Her eyes widen. "It just takes some time. For you, it will take something like... twenty years maybe? It was hard for me too. I used to think I couldn't live without you..." She looks you straight in the eye -- her irises are light blue, flecked with green.
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She keeps her shoulders squared and her back straight but it's clear you're still making her sad.
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It's not. It's just not possible. It's like eating rocks. You just can't do it.
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- "Okay then. Super okay. I still have other things I need to know." (Withdraw.)
- "It doesn't have to be like this. Maybe we could try again?" (Proceed.)
- "With all my strength, I can't. It's like eating rocks."
- "Your Innocence Dolores Dei, I'm sorry I made you sad."
- "So you felt that way once? That you cannot live without me?"
- "Twenty years? That's so much time..."
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Is that how it is now? We should just try all good things twice and then give up? By that logic...
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- "Let's be the last sane people in the world -- but only twice. If it doesn't work, let's lose our minds and let it all sink into the pale!"
- "Let's try building Communism twice. If it doesn't work, let's abandon it and be slaves forever instead?"
- "Okay, I won't ask any more."
- "What went wrong when we tried again? I can do it better." (Proceed.)
- "Let's try to return Revachol to the likeness of the holy sun in the sky -- but only twice. The third time, let's abandon it to debauched homo-sexuals!"
- "Let's try inventing the future twice and if it doesn't work -- abandon it and live on welfare? Is that how we should do everything?"
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"Let's be the last sane people in the world -- but only twice. If it doesn't work, let's lose our minds and let it all sink into the pale!"
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"Yes. Of course. You've got everything under control and I'm hysterical because I don't want to keep hurting you..." She looks away from you.
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- "Of course, you're a visionary entrepreneur, and I'm a social democrat -- because I don't want to keep hurting you..." She looks away from you.
- "Yes. Of course. You've got everything under control and I'm hysterical because I don't want to keep hurting you..." She looks away from you.
- "Yes. Of course. I'm bourgeois -- because I don't want to keep hurting you..." She looks away from you.
- "Yes. Of course. You're a kingsman and I'm a socialist traitor, because I don't want to keep hurting you..." She looks away from you.
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She does not seem relieved at all. Glances over her shoulder, then at you... the neon sign of the video rental glows behind her...