NIETZSCHE; DEAD PHILOSOPHERS' INBOX

[explosivecombat]

[TEXT; LOCKED TO doitrockapella]

The offer for conversation is always open, should you desire to take me up on it; I can't guarantee that I'll respond immediately, nor will it necessarily be the response you want, but I'll always respond in some way.

In the name of enlightened discourse.

Comments

[explosivecombat]

Tell me what you were trying to accomplish.

You say it's just expressing thoughts regardless of merit, but that's never all it is.

[doitrockapella]

No. That's all it was. Sometimes I wish you would express feelings in a way that I'm used to recognizing in other people. It's not a passive-aggressive hint to change or a remark motivated by an ulterior design. The only thing I was out to accomplish was to let go of a moment of idle frustration.

That's all it is.

[explosivecombat]

...Answer something for me, then.

Do you understand the difference in saying that to someone who won't change things for you, and someone who can't?

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[doitrockapella]

Of course I do. I never expec—

[doitrockapella]

[WAIT HOLD THE PHONE SHE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE JUST PICKED UP WHAT YOU ARE PUTTING DOWN THERE NIETZSCHE.]

[doitrockapella]

You mean you would if you could, but you can't, and that's what makes it unfair. It's not for lack of wanting; it's just an inevitable impossibility.

Something like that?

[explosivecombat]

...Something like that.

[doitrockapella]

I didn't mean it that way. I'm sorry.

[explosivecombat]

...I understand.

It's just something of a difficult topic, as I go.

[doitrockapella]

...Answer something for me, in exchange?

[explosivecombat]

Of course. Go on.

[doitrockapella]

You know why I called you tonight, don't you?

[explosivecombat]

I do, yes.

[doitrockapella]

Does that help at all?

[explosivecombat]

[...]

It does, actually.

[doitrockapella]

Интересно, что они скажут о нас.

[explosivecombat]

Почему вы потрудитесь спрашивать?

[doitrockapella]

Потому что я тоже интересно, что бы вы сказали обо мне.

[explosivecombat]

What do you think?

[doitrockapella]

I think you'll say nothing at all.

I won't be around to hear it, and I doubt you'd be inclined to share with anyone else.

[explosivecombat]

...Since I didn't say it earlier, thank you for the gift, Locke.

[doitrockapella]

Я дала бы больше к вам, если я знал, что вы хотели.

But what I ought to say is, "you're welcome."

[explosivecombat]

Это было бы слишком просто, если бы я только что сказал вам, так или иначе.

[doitrockapella]

И все же вы получите то, что вы хотите.

[explosivecombat]

Вы уже дать мне, что я хочу.