"There is so much of that, Fred. Not between us. Well, yes, it's been there too. But moreso, I think, in me."
"The Watchers rarely discuss it, and never with outsiders, but artiface is their true stock in trade. You're taught to craft an image of yourself for the world and make your true self disappear behind it."
"That can work for a time. If one is lucky. But I could never claim to be that. Not even when you said yes to me in the end. Because, of course, for no fault of our own, that was the end, and we were never really going to have 'us' long enough to enjoy it."
"Anyway. Yes. An end to artiface. I wonder, once it's stripped away, how much really will be left?"
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Date: 2006-06-24 08:02 am (UTC)"There is so much of that, Fred. Not between us. Well, yes, it's been there too. But moreso, I think, in me."
"The Watchers rarely discuss it, and never with outsiders, but artiface is their true stock in trade. You're taught to craft an image of yourself for the world and make your true self disappear behind it."
"That can work for a time. If one is lucky. But I could never claim to be that. Not even when you said yes to me in the end. Because, of course, for no fault of our own, that was the end, and we were never really going to have 'us' long enough to enjoy it."
"Anyway. Yes. An end to artiface. I wonder, once it's stripped away, how much really will be left?"