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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 13, 2019 23:41:05 GMT -5
"I want to undo it all- I want to- to nurse these lost people back to joy-"
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Post by Teja on May 13, 2019 23:42:41 GMT -5
She stopped herself from saying he sounded like a cult leader, instead tilting her head to listen more intently.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 14, 2019 17:24:54 GMT -5
"Nothing like this existed where I come from- this... mass misery, or whatever you want to call it. It's shocking, really, that a city like this one can pretend to be the greatest in this world even as the people saying so had to step over the unconscious bodies of their fellows in the street just to climb to the podium from which they proclaim that-"
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Post by Teja on May 14, 2019 17:30:26 GMT -5
If he came from somewhere in the Midwest, she didn't doubt that this urban area seemed especially corrupt, but she doubted his hometown was really so perfect. Once again, his speech had a tinned quality to it, like he didn't really believe this.
"You must write all your own speeches," she said facetiously.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 14, 2019 17:36:47 GMT -5
"I don't trust anyone else to."
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Post by Teja on May 14, 2019 17:46:41 GMT -5
"No, of course not. They might not pick up on that proprietary blend of egotism and ostentatious fake compassion, and where would your campaign be then?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 15, 2019 13:03:45 GMT -5
"Fake?" he sputtered. "Is it really that impossible that I want to fix this place-"
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Post by Teja on May 15, 2019 13:05:23 GMT -5
"It's not a broken watch or a Rubix cube, waiting for you to swoop in and solve it and wave it around to show off your IQ-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 15, 2019 13:16:51 GMT -5
“My what?”
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Post by Teja on May 15, 2019 13:29:14 GMT -5
"That's how you talk. That's how you've talked to me all evening. You know, coming in tonight, I thought you might be one of the good guys-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 15, 2019 14:09:11 GMT -5
“Maybe I’m misunderstanding something,” he began, with an embarrassed laugh. “What’s an IQ?”
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Post by Teja on May 15, 2019 14:10:15 GMT -5
She stared at him.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 15, 2019 14:13:49 GMT -5
He stared back for a moment in abject confusion and then rolled his eyes back, aghast at himself.
“Never mind, I’ll look it up later-“
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Post by Teja on May 15, 2019 14:20:34 GMT -5
"It's - nevermind. You seem to care more about demonstrating how smart you think you are than to actually care."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 15, 2019 14:26:34 GMT -5
“You have to understand- none of this exists where I’m from,” he said gently. “That’s what I want to bring here. That sense of...”
He was still holding her, but his gaze had gone distant by now.
“-home. Possibly even better- it would be a gross distortion of the truth to say I ever felt as though I truly belonged there.”
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