[ But that's not true, is it? Not in the least. Because he needs quite a lot from her. He needs - ]
Vigilance. Perhaps. Mistrust. [ A breath out, and he confesses: ] It's all so tangled up between us, isn't it, that even when we love each other there's still some measure of hate as well. There always will be. And that's where cruelty creeps in, and madness. So I think I need to know that you'll not take any of it from me. That you won't endure it.
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Date: 2021-05-05 03:29 pm (UTC)[ But that's not true, is it? Not in the least. Because he needs quite a lot from her. He needs - ]
Vigilance. Perhaps. Mistrust. [ A breath out, and he confesses: ] It's all so tangled up between us, isn't it, that even when we love each other there's still some measure of hate as well. There always will be. And that's where cruelty creeps in, and madness. So I think I need to know that you'll not take any of it from me. That you won't endure it.