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[versusnurture]

Whoever's out there: I want to talk to you.

[And she does mean everyone. People she loved, people she hated, people who were meaningless to her, people whose names she never knew but who knew hers, the dead (by her hands or Garret's or Hannibal's - whoever is out there.]

[She's starved for information.]

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[versusnurture]

I didn't realize it was a squad.

[A beat.]

Popular perception wouldn't classify me as a serial killer, though. And it's all about perception, right?

[kissthatgoodbye]

Maybe squad is being generous. That requires some form of organization.

Sure it is. As long as you don't forget the truth about yourself, you can make anyone else perceive whatever they want.

[versusnurture]

That's what I'm doing. That's what he's teaching me. That's why I'm on his squad.

[kissthatgoodbye]

...oh God. That's. That's great news.

[versusnurture]

Go to hell. It's not like that.

[kissthatgoodbye]

Not like what?

[versusnurture]

He's not teaching me what he did before. He's teaching me how to be now.

And you don't know him at all, so don't you dare "oh God" me.

[kissthatgoodbye]

No, I don't. And I don't want to.

Because hearing my dead psychotic genetic twin, the one that cracked like an egg and started killing people because he thought they were monsters and cutting out their teeth, is responsible for teaching anyone anything is the best news I've heard all year.

[versusnurture]

Nobody's perfectly sane. Not you, definitely. No matter what you want me to see.

[kissthatgoodbye]

And on what is this brilliant theory based, oh young disciple?

[versusnurture]

Observation, and the fact that I intensely dislike you.

[kissthatgoodbye]

You don't like me, so I must be insane?

That's. Yeah. You're coming right along.

[versusnurture]

No. You're insane, so you must be insane. You were subject to the same forces as Ben, you simply weathered them differently. The reason I'm saying any of this is because I don't like you. And I don't like you because you're an ass.

[kissthatgoodbye]

That I am. I don't really care if you like me.

I was there twice as long and you don't see me whipping out the amateur dental chair, or making up religions. That's the difference.

[versusnurture]

I don't believe that. But then, you don't care if I believe it or not, so I guess we're at an impasse. Congratulations, you just wasted ten minutes of breath you won't get back.

[kissthatgoodbye]

I guess it's every bit as fortunate, then, that it's not going to matter past the next couple hours, is it?

It's not like we'll ever be in the same place at the same time anyway.

[versusnurture]

I hope not. At least you're the only one of us with breath to waste.

[kissthatgoodbye]

Yours is all carefully portioned and assigned, huh? Not a bit of leeway?

[versusnurture]

Of course.

[She is a very precise person. Except, of course, when she's not precise at all.]