third ♢ filters & voice

[versusnurture]

filter } inmates

How many of you think that you're insane?

filter } inmates-turned-wardens (minus ben)

What made you decide to stay on as wardens?

Comments

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[youwill]

I would certainly like to see that.

[Private]

[versusnurture]

Are you that bored already?

[Private]

[youwill]

Are you?

[Private]

[versusnurture]

Not quite.

[Not yet.]

[Private]

[youwill]

For how long is the question.

[Private]

[versusnurture]

You can't tell just by talking to me?

[Private]

[youwill]

I cannot read minds, Abigail.

[Private]

[versusnurture]

I didn't say anything about reading minds. I mean doing what you do.

You'll know the minute I get that bored. Won't you.

[Private]

[youwill]

[He likes that she thinks so highly of him. Relishes it, even.]

Perhaps. I suppose we'll have to wait and see.

[Private]

[versusnurture]

[It's less thinking highly of, more doing her best to accurately assess an extreme threat. But - tomato, tomahto.]

I suppose we will.

You never answered me. How bored are you?

[Private]

[youwill]

I will let you know the very minute it becomes unbearable. [No he won't.]

For now, there's a great deal to observe.

[Private]

[versusnurture]

[No, he won't.]

Observation in an unnatural environment. It's a weird kind of experiment.

[Private]

[youwill]

It's an engaging one. What could possibly be the control, in such an unstable scenario?

[Private]

[versusnurture]

[Well, that's obvious.]

Me.

[Private]

[youwill]

Are you volunteering?

[Private]

[versusnurture]

No. I'm stating facts.

[Private]

[youwill]

Does stating them give you a sense of control over them? [He's already volunteering her.]

[Private]

[versusnurture]

Would it matter if it did? It'd be a false sense.

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[youwill]

Exerting control over your own existence is not an impossibility, Abigail. Perhaps you could find your own experiment.

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[versusnurture]

What makes you think I haven't already?

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[youwill]

I can't wait to see the results.