[ ... just... takes a second, to go back and try to parse what they said, before quietly (like she's trying not to wake someone, perhaps) speaking again. ]
It isn't that... you want the control, or the force behind it, but that-- um. More like, you want it to be there because it was given by someone who cares for you...?
That doesn't make you monstrous at all. To want... something like that, to become something meaningful and good.
... is it that you think it would actually help? Or is it-- because you're
suffering, right now, and picking something on your mind...? Would Hope not
help you with that?
[ a pause ]
I won't... collar you, but if you think about it and really want this, I
can give you something else.
Okay. But - you don't have to. I told you you don't have to. I didn't want to ask in the first place, so it's really not something you ought to concern yourself with, and Sir Tequila Sunrise will need you for longer than just today and you're the only one who can really help him so that's much more important, and
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It isn't that... you want the control, or the force behind it, but that-- um. More like, you want it to be there because it was given by someone who cares for you...?
That doesn't make you monstrous at all. To want... something like that, to become something meaningful and good.
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it doesn't really make any sense, but the way it doesn't make any sense doesn't make any sense either. ]
Mm.
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... is it that you think it would actually help? Or is it-- because you're suffering, right now, and picking something on your mind...? Would Hope not help you with that?
[ a pause ]
I won't... collar you, but if you think about it and really want this, I can give you something else.
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Okay. Give... give me until tomorrow. I can't leave the house, right now, and I need to prepare it, anyway.
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[ yeah they're just going to keep going. ]
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It's okay, Silfda. Helping you is important to me too.
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My apologies.
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Please don't apologize. You haven't done anything wrong.
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I was a good girl?
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[ oh this is weird. A brief hesitation before: ]
Yes. You were a very good girl. Thank you for telling me, Silfda.
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Thank you. Sorry. I'll see you tomorrow.
[ and then they hang up. ]