It would be so much easier to get through this curled around a bottle of the same shit that ruined my liver in the first place.
[...]
That's not fair. The hepatitis played a large role, I imagine.
Anyhow.
Nova, what's this about your intelligence, then? Why would you feel anything less than? You're one of the bright ones.
[...]
Have we had this conversation before? This feels familiar. Was I intoxicated? What did I say? Fuck it. I was right.
You trust Vitaly's instincts. Most of them. Don't trust him about women, apparently. But if he's in love with you like you say you are with him, it's not likely at all that he finds you dull. Watch him next time he's around a known lackluster source - Verne, the twins. He's as polite as they come, but after a while, he gets a look on his face like he's trying to hide how painful the conversation's grown.
He can only bear sheer stupidity in the short term.
[...]
You'll be a fine family, the three and then some of you. Presumably there's a sore spot in there same as with Mum just now, so we'll acknowledge they land in the "and then some".
I'm glad to see you so happy, Nova-Love. He's an earnest one who might just deserve the likes of you.
3/3
[...]
That's not fair. The hepatitis played a large role, I imagine.Anyhow.
Nova, what's this about your intelligence, then? Why would you feel anything less than? You're one of the bright ones.
[...]
Have we had this conversation before? This feels familiar. Was I intoxicated? What did I say? Fuck it. I was right.
You trust Vitaly's instincts. Most of them. Don't trust him about women, apparently. But if he's in love with you like you say you are with him, it's not likely at all that he finds you dull. Watch him next time he's around a known lackluster source - Verne, the twins. He's as polite as they come, but after a while, he gets a look on his face like he's trying to hide how painful the conversation's grown.
He can only bear sheer stupidity in the short term.
[...]
You'll be a fine family, the three and then some of you. Presumably there's a sore spot in there same as with Mum just now, so we'll acknowledge they land in the "and then some".
I'm glad to see you so happy, Nova-Love. He's an earnest one who might just deserve the likes of you.