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I think that your understanding of the world might deepen, but I also think you're much too stubborn to lose anything that's so fundamentally you.
I certainly hope so, at least.

i hated this when mal did it and i hate it more that you are.

[ because something occurs to her, now, as he is kinder to her than he's ever been. more earnest and openly concerned in a way that does ring as genuine. ]

You do have regrettable taste in men.

not anymore.
and you can't decide to care about me just because someone else has my attention now.

Is that what I'm doing?

i recognize the feeling.

That wasn't my intention.

no?

No.

could have fooled me.

I suppose I deserve that.

i'm told i never mete out undeserved punishment.

which isn't true, by the way. i have done all kinds of things here that i regret.

It's certainly gentler than deserved.

Oh?

being cruel to you doesn't fix anything in me.

It does get tiresome after a while, doesn't it?
Hating.

it makes me someone i don't want to be.

What do you need from me, then, Alina?

i wish i knew

Then let's try it a different way: what do you want from me?

right now i want you to send a nichevo'ya to watch the house until someone has hope under control.
beyond that... i don't know. i thought i did.

Are there other places you feel might need watching?

i don't want them at the studio.

And nowhere else?

the scratch and the midnight theater.
both are fine.

Should that change, let me know.

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