[ it does hurt to hear people say things like, to see their suffering, as quiet as it is. robin does so much to try to fend off and defy nihility as best as she can. she can't and doesn't want to force hope onto anyone. it's part of her struggle. ]
More than sympathy or pity, I want to try to give and have understanding. To find death in your home like that... I would lose hope, too, but you do have resilience. You may be enduring, but... I do appreciate that you are still going. I do appreciate that you have no wish to die.
[ He doesn't mean to be a nihilist but it's more... objectively, what can she do for him? Nothing she can do will give him the answers he's looking for. He's very tired. ]
[ NO I MEAN WHY SUNDAY THINKS A BIRDCAGE IS NECESSARY. Daan doesn't have the capacity to start trying to wrangle other people unrelated to him, although it would be nice if his suffering at least had meaning. Haunted af by an ancient god though, yes. ]
Caring and sympathy are similar enough threads in the same fabric, I would think. Not sure how you could be caring without being sympathetic, or vice versa.
[ HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WHAT SUNDAY DOES TO BE A SUNDAY. HE JUST HAS TO THINK SIMILARLY. SEE, THIS IS WHY SHE WANTS TO TRY WITH HIM. BECAUSE HE'S A SUNDAY.
anyway. ]
This may be getting the weeds a little. They are connected, but when people speak of sympathy in this context, it is often to make it more shallow. That may not be your intention, but I do want to seem superficial.
[ Fascinated by this dissection because I do not agree, ready to read your dissertation later. ]
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Is it? I suppose I've never been in the business of verbiage and semantics... I'm not a writer or journalist after all. Being a public figure, I'll just take your word for it.
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More than sympathy or pity, I want to try to give and have understanding. To find death in your home like that... I would lose hope, too, but you do have resilience. You may be enduring, but... I do appreciate that you are still going. I do appreciate that you have no wish to die.
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Just moving along and all. You don't need to understand it, really.
Tragedy, peculiar thing. If you can afford to live your life in light then I don't see why you shouldn't.
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If I don't understand, could I even profess to be helping? Everyone should have a little light in their life.
Whether you want it to reach you.... or whether you think it should... I understand that is a different issue.
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[ He doesn't mean to be a nihilist but it's more... objectively, what can she do for him? Nothing she can do will give him the answers he's looking for. He's very tired. ]
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I know there is not much I can do here, but... I do not know how not to try.
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As usual -- befits you and your personality.
Not even a bullet can stop you...
But I do think I'll have to advise against this one.
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Are you adamant in staying like this?
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But I'll have to refuse involving any others into my affairs. Nothing good has ever come out of it...
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That's a lonely existence, isn't it?
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...
[ Anyway sorry he doesn't have a response to that. ]
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that's fine. she doesn't need one. she smiles a little, not without some sadness. ]
I won't insist on anything, but I am thinking of you, Daan.
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...Told you, I wasn't trying to fish for sympathy...
[ It's not said in a dismissive way though. Just like. Well feelsbad that the mood is down again. ]
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I told you... it is not sympathy for me either.
[ she can deal with a bad mood. it's fine. that's her all the time. ]
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Then what would you call it? It's hard to consider anything else.
[ Other than pity, maybe, but he isn't so petty as to suggest that. ]
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Caring. But if you view it as something else, I suppose the fault lies with me.
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Caring and sympathy are similar enough threads in the same fabric, I would think. Not sure how you could be caring without being sympathetic, or vice versa.
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anyway. ]
This may be getting the weeds a little. They are connected, but when people speak of sympathy in this context, it is often to make it more shallow. That may not be your intention, but I do want to seem superficial.
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Is it? I suppose I've never been in the business of verbiage and semantics... I'm not a writer or journalist after all. Being a public figure, I'll just take your word for it.
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Thank you. [ ... ] As I said, I won't insist on anything, but know I do care. That's all.
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Thanks.
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But only if you take care first.
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It's a deal.
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[ And then things continue to be Bad. ]