“Everyone lies, Lee, everyone,” Cleo was resigned to it. “There’s a point where you take stock, think I want to break free of this, you find someone and it seems a fresh start, but the dark logic says you can’t even see what a good person is, you’ve never known one. Plus you’re not so great yourself … your values are f … are shot.”
“And what our little gang is doing?”
“Trying to survive, with people like me trying to kill you? Great life. You can survive for awhile if you follow the rules …”
“Such as?”
“Such as never ignore anomalies , such as your perceptions can be planned by others, such as everyone carries baggage which can get in the way, even when you agree in principle. I’m not saying it’s utterly hopeless but it takes a lot of work and no illusions. What’s a person of value to you, Lee? You know … someone worth a lot of effort?”
“You like asking the easy ones, don’t you?”
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