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"More of a... 'Why now, when I'm depressing and bitter and used to being alone?'"

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"Because I didn't warn her about the necklace, that's why," sighs Annie. "But... he'd met her before that."

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"I was talking about when he'd met her before that."

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"We haven't worked our way up to the mess that is the necklace."

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"Ah, okay, go on then."

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"It's more... bitter and angry at the world than 'what are the reasons for this happening,' anyway."

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"Right. So. Then he gets to deal with us." He waves a hand and motions to all of them. "Also allies that he could have used much sooner. That's got to be some salt in the wound."

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"... Man, now I want to give him a hug."

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"He'd turn you down."

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"I know, but still."

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"Anyway. So he's grateful we all exist, but is still sort of angry that it didn't happen sooner. And... There's a measure of pride involved, I'd say. With the - 'my time alone was not worthless without you folks and your magic.'"

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"Nobody ever said it was," murmurs Ice.

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"Right, of course not. It's aimed at himself, not us. Because obviously he hasn't been doing so well emotionally."

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"... Soooo. Inferiority complex?"

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"Oh, that's fun. Yeah, bet he has one. A subtle one, buried under the sarcasm."

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The Bells look at each other.

"I don't think we're familiar. Can you go into more detail?" asks Ice.
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Blink, blink.

"... Uh. Understands that while he's useful in a - doing things kind of way, he is way worse off than the rest of us. He's a useful resource to be used, and that's about it. I completely eclipse him in emotional stability. All of us do, actually, even Conduit. ... Don't tell Conduit I said that."
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"Is Conduit noticeably badly off?" wonders Phix.

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"Lacking emotional stability seems like a sort of... self-defeating thing to have an inferiority complex about," remarks Ice. "Which I suppose doesn't help..."

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"Conduit's pretty traumatized. She's handling it well, though, props to her."

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"Yeah. For Prime, though... It really doesn't. So it's sort of a spiral of self-hating misery he's got going on."

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"Depressing to see."

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"But I can't see him not liking Aya, despite the spiral."

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"Just about enough that we had better not put her in a coma and not a speck more, at least not so anybody would notice."

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"... Nnnnno I don't think so."

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