[He looks back and meets her gaze evenly. It's a little weird. He's not sure he's ever seen her without the sunglasses.]
and yet you can't even conceive of a scenario where keeping the truth from someone might protect them? where people want to keep things secret to protect themselves? if you're keeping a secret yourself then obviously you understand things like...privacy. so i dunno, george. i don't get how you--don't get it. i don't get how you can keep any kind of secret and still justify forcing the truth out of me. i don't get how you can be in this event, telling me something you didn't want to tell me, and not understand how i might've felt like--like--
[He clamps down on it. No point. It's not relevant. It's not a relevant truth. He doesn't have to say it, he doesn't. He grits his teeth, trying to ignore the building headache.]
there's--no point in arguing about this, since we'll nev--probably never agree, so let's--stop. i'm sorry i know your secret now. i didn't want to.
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and yet you can't even conceive of a scenario where keeping the truth from someone might protect them? where people want to keep things secret to protect themselves? if you're keeping a secret yourself then obviously you understand things like...privacy. so i dunno, george. i don't get how you--don't get it. i don't get how you can keep any kind of secret and still justify forcing the truth out of me. i don't get how you can be in this event, telling me something you didn't want to tell me, and not understand how i might've felt like--like--
[He clamps down on it. No point. It's not relevant. It's not a relevant truth. He doesn't have to say it, he doesn't. He grits his teeth, trying to ignore the building headache.]
there's--no point in arguing about this, since we'll nev--probably never agree, so let's--stop. i'm sorry i know your secret now. i didn't want to.