Not they. There was never enough to the rumor to make anyone intelligent believe it. But then my father was never all that intelligent. [ And: ] I'm a Vorrutyer. We're all famous perverts. What do you think it was?
[ It was the only good he'd ever done, protecting Nadine. It was his reason for living when he was a boy, what carried him through his depression and self-loathing as he struggled with who he was and what he was, as he fought with his own instability and his fear of his genetic heritage and his fear of his desires. He still knew that he protected her and kept her safe. And then with a single rumor, that was ripped from him. ]
Have you ever actually cared about anyone, Washington?
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Not they. There was never enough to the rumor to make anyone intelligent believe it. But then my father was never all that intelligent. [ And: ] I'm a Vorrutyer. We're all famous perverts. What do you think it was?
[ It was the only good he'd ever done, protecting Nadine. It was his reason for living when he was a boy, what carried him through his depression and self-loathing as he struggled with who he was and what he was, as he fought with his own instability and his fear of his genetic heritage and his fear of his desires. He still knew that he protected her and kept her safe. And then with a single rumor, that was ripped from him. ]
Have you ever actually cared about anyone, Washington?