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[synanthrope]

What's that song?

That and rings that clash with everything. Seeing home wasn't really enough to keep trying them on was it?

What did you see?

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[defies_reason]

We hardly know one another well enough to be buying rings, Ms. Wallace.

[synanthrope]

I always buy jewelry for people.

Although hardly the kind that comes with sentiment.

[defies_reason]

Of course not.

[synanthrope]

Should I?

[defies_reason]

An abundance of sentiment doesn't strike me as your style.

[synanthrope]

You're right. I'm not very good at it.

[defies_reason]

It's a difficult skill to master.

[synanthrope]

I've been told it comes naturally to some people.

[defies_reason]

I'll take your word for that.

[Lying, but it's a regular enough claim that it comes all too easily.]

[synanthrope]

Why would you?

[defies_reason]

I can't speak for the mysteries of the heart.

[synanthrope]

Do you suffer from psychopathy?

[defies_reason]

I've never been asked that before. Not to the best of my knowledge, but I am a realist; a worldview that does not easily lend itself to a surfeit of sentiment.

Do you, Ms. Wallace?

[synanthrope]

I suppose that depends on what part of the world you come from.

No.

[defies_reason]

Perhaps it does.

Well, it's good to know we've both a clean bill of health, then.

[synanthrope]

Mental health, maybe.

[defies_reason]

Of course.

Was that a poor choice of words?

[synanthrope]

Just a vague one.

[defies_reason]

I shall strive to be more precise.