dawnward | NV; (formerly on LJ)

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NV; (formerly on LJ)

[A dial tone, a ring, and then silence.]

"Leave a message and I'll get back to you."

--[Click.]

It is. There are a number of people I enjoy being around. That does not make them friends; it makes them good acquaintances.

So, Phoenix is your only friend?

You...are aware of...

[A slight, uncomfortable pause.]

I've known him fifteen years. He is the only one for whom it would not be disingenuous to use the word.

I hear the way you talk to him.

After fifteen years, you considered him a friend?

I do not talk to him any differently from how I talk to anyone else. But yes.

He's the one who left, and you were upset.

Very well. Well observed.

It takes you fifteen years to admit someone's your friend.

One only has perhaps two or three friends in one's lifetime.

Maybe you, but a lot of people would disagree with you.

[A slight pause.] Very well, then. Perhaps I am merely abnormal.

You don't trust people, do you?

There are a number of people whom I trust. Several.

Then what makes a person a friend to you?

I am not...particularly comfortable discussing that topic.

[A pause, but then:] Fair enough.

All right. [A slight pause.] It is not...that I do not like people. Truly. No matter what it may seem. It's merely that...Well. That my definitions are abnormal, then.

You say abnormal like it's a bad thing.

Most consider it so.

It's different. At least you're not heartless.

Arguably. [An uncomfortable pause.] In any case.

No, I meant...literally.

Ah. One of your monsters.

People. A human without a heart.

No; my circulatory system is intact.

NV; (formerly on LJ)

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