tricks and traps (CALI)

[whimsy]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #000000; border: 1px dashed 666611; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;]QW: Am I meeting your expectations yet?
QW: Because that
QW: That up there
QW: That's what you make me out to be
QW: What you claim I am
QW: When it's evident even in your replies
QW: That you knew that wasn't really me.

[reni]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #282832; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: 78afff; text-align: left;]ED: sorry doll i barely read any of that grandiose drivel
ED: dont presume you know what i think you are
ED: you cant read minds

[whimsy]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #000000; border: 1px dashed 666611; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;]QW: Nope
QW: I can't
QW: And neither can you
QW: So stop pretending to read mine
QW: And claiming I have evil intent
QW: And my motives are malicious
QW: Because none of that is true
QW: Or ever has been.

[reni]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #282832; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: 78afff; text-align: left;]ED: you misunderstand me
ED: what you did is evil because of the consequences you overlooked

[whimsy]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #000000; border: 1px dashed 666611; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;]QW: And if I hadn't done it
QW: There would've been even more severe consequences
QW: What consequences have I overlooked?
QW: Momentary panic as everyone thinks I'm dead?
QW: I accounted for that
QW: I knew it would be rough
QW: That people would get hurt
QW: But I knew it could've been a lot worse
QW: I handled it as best as I could
QW: Given the circumstances
QW: To try and keep the pain for others to a minimum.

[reni]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #282832; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: 78afff; text-align: left;]ED: and this was your minimum

[whimsy]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #000000; border: 1px dashed 666611; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;]QW: Would you have done any better?
QW: It's easy to judge
QW: When you're outside.

[reni]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #282832; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: 78afff; text-align: left;]ED: i would have explained in full everything that i was about to do
ED: and not leave others to fret about ultimately nothing because they know nothing of the subject

[whimsy]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #000000; border: 1px dashed 666611; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;]QW: I explained it
QW: To everyone
QW: I said
QW: I had to die
QW: To reach God Tier
QW: Whether they chose to understand
QW: Or just to ignore it
QW: I couldn't help it
QW: But I explained it to everyone.

[reni]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #282832; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: 78afff; text-align: left;]ED: did you tell them what god tier is
ED: did you explain that you would ultimately be okay
ED: did you ever stop to think that maybe other actions had consequences too

[whimsy]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #000000; border: 1px dashed 666611; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;]QW: I said I'd be okay
QW: But no one believed me
QW: No one trusted me
QW: So I had to go ahead and prove it to them
QW: I tried to explain God Tier
QW: But that was irrelevant
QW: Everyone would rather lecture me
QW: About how I couldn't just die
QW: But look
QW: I did
QW: And what kind of consequences came of it?

[reni]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #282832; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: 78afff; text-align: left;]ED: you couldnt have done so in secret
ED: a little white lie to make sure others know youll be fine
ED: nobody would have gotten mad that you ran off to die
ED: a quiet death that nobody knows about resulting in your god tier
ED: maybe the trick wasnt in informing
ED: but in not informing

[whimsy]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #000000; border: 1px dashed 666611; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;]QW: I would have
QW: I really would have
QW: Except Ocia was concerned
QW: He was afraid everyone would think him a monster
QW: And I didn't want that
QW: So I told those who would interfere
QW: And would jump to that conclusion
QW: And then it got blown up
QW: So it was impossible to do it secretly then.
QW: It wasn't for me
QW: I didn't want a spotlight like you
QW: I just wanted Ocia to be okay in the event that it didn't work.

[reni]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #282832; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: 78afff; text-align: left;]ED: have you seen these imps
ED: theyre ridiculous
ED: as far as anyone would have known an imp could have killed you
ED: not ocia
ED: nobody ever had to know any details
ED: just that you died and came back

[whimsy]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #000000; border: 1px dashed 666611; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;]QW: I'd give you the full truth
QW: But I think this is a good time
QW: To just not inform
QW: Because I know
QW: I just know
QW: You'll completely turn it against me.
QW: And it's deeply personal
QW: So I'd rather not have it turned on me like that
QW: Oh
QW: Hey
QW: Look at that
QW: I'm listening to your advice!