[She thinks about it. Admittedly, she'd like to watch him struggle. At the same time, she's not sure she'd be able to control her temper appropriately if she sat with him for any length of time.
Still a bit sore over the whole thing.]
That's acceptable, yes. Don't feel pressured to tell everything all at once. I wouldn't be against scheduled installments.
[It's... humiliating. Having to package his life into neat little episodes for this woman's consumption. Maybe it's hypocritical to think that way. But if she'd just wanted one story, that would be one thing.]
[That, at least, Jon has no problem sharing. It's about his life, but it's not... personal in the same way. He'd enjoyed stories from Lestat and his peculiar company sometimes, but Jon rarely expects people to tolerate him for extended periods of time.]
We were talking about something. I don't remember what at this point. He said something annoying and I told him as much with some sort of snide comment that his lovers must think he's annoying, too, sometimes. He insisted they never had a negative thought about him. Ever. Which I said was preposterous, in so many words. At which point he pitched a fit about it, telling me I couldn't understand the depths of their love or some nonsense. Honestly, if his lovers have never thought a single bad thing about him, there's something wrong with them. He's hardly perfect.
Better not to waste one's breath. Particularly when there's no reason for you to apologize in the first place.
[Okay, so she's projecting a little bit. She wasn't there, but it sounds nonetheless like Jon hardly transgressed at all. There are far worse things to get upset over.]
Thank you for telling me. It's nice to know I'm far from the only one who has been treated in such a way.
[She's been urged to read them, of course, to understand her father better. As far as she's concerned, his actions speak much louder than anything put on paper.]
Nonetheless, I appreciate the sentiment. I'm done with being made to feel as if I owe him any debt.
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You'd need to specify a timeframe.
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Why my stories?
I'm not a vampire.
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[Something she finds herself simultaneously horrified and envious of.]
Simply put, I think you would be uncomfortable to tell them.
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To feel what you're feeling?
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I can't tell you everything.
Some stories aren't just mine to tell.
But I can tell you what I can.
Will you at least allow it over text?
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Still a bit sore over the whole thing.]
That's acceptable, yes. Don't feel pressured to tell everything all at once. I wouldn't be against scheduled installments.
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How magnanimous of you.
[It's bitter; he can't entirely help it.]
Do you want things in chronological order?
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If it bothers you, you can say no. Unlike me, you have the agency to do so.
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You're manipulative.
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He is particularly easy to offend, yes.
[She can't help but appreciate the use of quotations, as well.]
May I ask what transpired between the two of you? Just my curiosity.
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We were talking about something.
I don't remember what at this point.
He said something annoying and I told him as much with some sort of snide comment that his lovers must think he's annoying, too, sometimes.
He insisted they never had a negative thought about him.
Ever.
Which I said was preposterous, in so many words.
At which point he pitched a fit about it, telling me I couldn't understand the depths of their love or some nonsense.
Honestly, if his lovers have never thought a single bad thing about him, there's something wrong with them.
He's hardly perfect.
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That sounds like him.
[Nonsense, indeed. Although, she, herself, hardly understands love at all.]
I'm afraid that by daring to point out a potential flaw, you have joined me upon a dreaded blacklist.
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How horrible.
I tried apologizing to him, but he won't hear that, either.
I suppose I'll just 'languish' with not his company.
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[Okay, so she's projecting a little bit. She wasn't there, but it sounds nonetheless like Jon hardly transgressed at all. There are far worse things to get upset over.]
Thank you for telling me. It's nice to know I'm far from the only one who has been treated in such a way.
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He's treated far more than you poorly.
You've read his books, haven't you?
He gave me copies.
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[She's been urged to read them, of course, to understand her father better. As far as she's concerned, his actions speak much louder than anything put on paper.]
Nonetheless, I appreciate the sentiment. I'm done with being made to feel as if I owe him any debt.
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I think he has a few people wrapped around his finger still.