[Now that they've said it, there's no tearing it away. There's a faint deepening of the crease on their brow, curving their expression downward just a shade - for a moment, and then it's gone again. Back to the ordinary blankness they're so very good at displaying. It's not just a lie, or maybe it never was. It's what they are.]
no subject
[It's what they learned to be.]
I didn't think I was either. [Until - ]
[Until a lot of things.]