Brother: I'm starting to realize that I have a talent for getting inside peoples' heads and figuring out what is going on in there. It kind of scares people
M.E.: Yeah, some people are private, or get creeped out by their transparency.
Brother: Yeah. I kind of like that. I think that you and I don't have a set default so we can associate with and understand almost everyone's motives.
M.E.: Yeah, true, we don't have a set default. It's kind of a super power.
Brother: Yeah. We are like super heroes. You and i have the same powers but use them decidedly differently.
M.E.: How so?
Brother: You use them to punish and hurt. Right now, I'm using mine to save a girl's life. So to speak.
M.E.: Sometimes people need punishment to keep them straight. Save a girl's life?
Brother: It's a complicated story involving someone dying of cancer, and the girl in question not feeling that she will be able to live life any more after that person is gone. She came to me because I knew what was going on in her head and she wanted some advice. I don't say it to brag. I'm not proud, it's only the truth.
M.E.: Yeah, I understand. So what happened?
Brother: Nothing yet. I have to write back to her. How is that for a difference between you and me? You aren't a bad influence. ou helped me realize an ability I never knew I had and I'm using it to help people. Of course if you look at it the other way, I could crush her and probably make her kill herself.
M.E.: Ha, that's a good way of phrasing it
Brother: No good
M.E.: Yeah, you could crush her, but won’t. Most of the time I make the "right" choice too :)
Brother: Good. Me too. But sometimes it is fun to be bad ;)
M.E.: Seriously, right? I try to do it in moderation. And only when it isn't too horrible. There are certain wickednesses in my life that are so deliciously dehumanizing that i still lick my lips just thinking about them.
Brother: I think I should do my work now.
M.E.: Yeah, work is good. Idle hands are the devil's tools.
M.E.: Yeah, some people are private, or get creeped out by their transparency.
Brother: Yeah. I kind of like that. I think that you and I don't have a set default so we can associate with and understand almost everyone's motives.
M.E.: Yeah, true, we don't have a set default. It's kind of a super power.
Brother: Yeah. We are like super heroes. You and i have the same powers but use them decidedly differently.
M.E.: How so?
Brother: You use them to punish and hurt. Right now, I'm using mine to save a girl's life. So to speak.
M.E.: Sometimes people need punishment to keep them straight. Save a girl's life?
Brother: It's a complicated story involving someone dying of cancer, and the girl in question not feeling that she will be able to live life any more after that person is gone. She came to me because I knew what was going on in her head and she wanted some advice. I don't say it to brag. I'm not proud, it's only the truth.
M.E.: Yeah, I understand. So what happened?
Brother: Nothing yet. I have to write back to her. How is that for a difference between you and me? You aren't a bad influence. ou helped me realize an ability I never knew I had and I'm using it to help people. Of course if you look at it the other way, I could crush her and probably make her kill herself.
M.E.: Ha, that's a good way of phrasing it
Brother: No good
M.E.: Yeah, you could crush her, but won’t. Most of the time I make the "right" choice too :)
Brother: Good. Me too. But sometimes it is fun to be bad ;)
M.E.: Seriously, right? I try to do it in moderation. And only when it isn't too horrible. There are certain wickednesses in my life that are so deliciously dehumanizing that i still lick my lips just thinking about them.
Brother: I think I should do my work now.
M.E.: Yeah, work is good. Idle hands are the devil's tools.
