[ He can't resist laughing. It's like Balthazar's reading his mind. ]
The guilt trip's my favorite. And it always comes from someone who doesn't give two shits about you until you're out there, having a great time, and suddenly they're jealous because they weren't invited.
[ Tony's heard it all too. The difference is, it's all been said to him by well-meaning and not so well-meaning people trying to intervene. Problem is, telling him not to do something is a goad to do it bigger and better than ever, not to stop. ]
I'd agree with you on the tragedy, but what's the real tragedy? Us or them? We're alive. They're stagnating, afraid to go out into the world for fear they'll get a hangnail.
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The guilt trip's my favorite. And it always comes from someone who doesn't give two shits about you until you're out there, having a great time, and suddenly they're jealous because they weren't invited.
[ Tony's heard it all too. The difference is, it's all been said to him by well-meaning and not so well-meaning people trying to intervene. Problem is, telling him not to do something is a goad to do it bigger and better than ever, not to stop. ]
I'd agree with you on the tragedy, but what's the real tragedy? Us or them? We're alive. They're stagnating, afraid to go out into the world for fear they'll get a hangnail.