what just moving on and never talking about it again isnt good enough for you?
[SHE'S BEING PRICKLY AS EVER but honestly a month ago she wouldn't have even tried to talk about this. To him. Or anyone else she's ever butted heads with. Is that a good development? Who even knows.]
[BECAUSE SHE HAS A LIFETIME SUBSCRIPTION TO TRUST ISSUES MAGAZINE WHILE HER SIGNUP FOR "BELIEF IN THE INHERENT GOODNESS OF OTHERS" LAPSED LIKE TEN YEARS AGO.]
look nobody does anything out of the goodness of the hearts even if they got a guilty complex
people do things because it benefits them somehow and if the thing happens to also be the right thing to do thats just a bonus
[Luckily (?) for Heather, Marco happens to be subscribed to The Person I Can Trust The Least Is Myself Magazine, so after thinking about it for a little longer... he's able to come up with an answer.]
I suppose I get to feel better about myself.
[It's not like it's never crossed his mind before. How much is his need to help ultimately selfish?]
<caym>
[SHE'S BEING PRICKLY AS EVER but honestly a month ago she wouldn't have even tried to talk about this. To him. Or anyone else she's ever butted heads with. Is that a good development? Who even knows.]
<marco>
I can just back off from now on.
I'll never bother you again, if that's what you want.
[THAT'S... NOT WHAT SHE'S SAYING, EXACTLY... But it's how he's reading it.]
<caym>
just curious
cuz i dont know what u stand 2 gain from this
[And she is very much used to nobody doing anything unless there's something in it for them. Even good people.]
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I just told you why I do it.
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i mean what are you GETTING out of it
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I
Peace of mind, I suppose.
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whats the REAL reason?
[MARCO SHE IS WEARING HER SKEPTICALS YOU MIGHT AS WELL MAKE SOMETHING UP]
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I'm not sure what you want to hear.
I'm telling the truth.
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look nobody does anything out of the goodness of the hearts even if they got a guilty complex
people do things because it benefits them somehow and if the thing happens to also be the right thing to do thats just a bonus
so like
what are you getting out of it, tangibly???
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I suppose
I get to feel better about myself.
[It's not like it's never crossed his mind before. How much is his need to help ultimately selfish?]
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well
i guess thats something
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