[She shrugs then, because it was a lot easier to have this conversation when she didn't suspect that he was just trying to get her to talk about herself.]
He's kinda rough, and kinda broken... But he's working on it. He knows who he is. Not a lot of people do.
[Lies and slander. This is all going to twist around to the way she was rude to Kanji at their three-day joint birthday party. Maya's just not sure how it'll connect yet.]
Well, broken people gotta look out for each other. Nobody else is gonna do it.
What, Maya, you somehow got the idea in your head that I'm the moderate one?
Nah. I'm just more controlled. Issue is, I'm the one in control of it all. When things go wrong, it's on me. And when there's something I can't control, I deal with it.
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She can take care of herself.
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[It's not that difficult to imagine, really.]
So, you like Mick? What about him?
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He's kinda rough, and kinda broken... But he's working on it. He knows who he is. Not a lot of people do.
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Contrary to all evidence in your life so far.]
Don't know if he does. He thinks he's a lot worse than he is. But I know he's better.
He's always looked out for me.
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Well, broken people gotta look out for each other. Nobody else is gonna do it.
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Yeah, you got a point.
Mick ain't stupid or simple, but he likes to pretend he is, so people don't expect more from him. He didn't pretend with you, did he?
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[This is a revisionist history.]
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[All her history is revisionist.]
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But he's with me now. I'm with him. How it should be.
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[More than one issue at play here.]
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Nah. I'm just more controlled. Issue is, I'm the one in control of it all. When things go wrong, it's on me. And when there's something I can't control, I deal with it.
I ain't very nice.
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[And really, who cares how he treats people outside of that? He's good where it counts.]
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[Maybe that is enough. It's not as if he aspires to be a good person.]
I just want you to know, Maya. Mick and I ain't you and Riley. You got that? We're not one and the same. Your history's not gonna be ours.
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[It takes him by surprise and he snorts before he can stop himself, than shakes his head.]
No. No disrespect, she was good to Mick, far as she could be. Mick's father was just worried I'd make him queer.
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But there's nothing wrong with that, no.
[He does wonder whether she even knows what he's talking about.]
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My father was worse. He usually wins that contest.
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