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Mediocre thinking. That's what will let you live another day in a festering rat hole of a world where you can do nothing.

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Evil doesn't change. It finds new methods. Having done plenty isn't enough.

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I'm saying you've gone soft. That won't keep you alive.

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You can think I'm wrong but here I stand.

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[Mulls over this carefully for a few seconds before replying flatly.]

Surprise visit as usual...you'll never see me coming. That should keep you on your toes.

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Not peas.

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Corn's fine.

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Think about what I said next time you're out grocery shopping. Get a real view of the Hell outside your door.

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Think about it.

Retirement was hardly easy. ~~Nor was it my choice.~~

Your circumstances were different. Forced. At least that was my knowledge.

She gives a slow sad smirk, taking a drag from a long cigarette.

You're right. The world wasn't ready for me.

We are what we are. The world isn't forgiving of that.

The world is forgiving of very little, which is why most of us hide behind masks.

For some of us the masks represent everything we have become. They're as good as any face. Even better.

In some cases... She pauses and thinks for a moment, flicking away some ash.

Perhaps masks are who we want to be, as opposed to who we have been. With a mask, a new name, we can become whoever we like and no one will know the difference, ja? Be what we've always wanted to, do the things we've dreamed of. Freedom to act. All because of a mask. A name.

[Listens as she flicks her ashes and watches them ride away on a brief wind.]

You over-complicate it. We can't live with ourselves: feelings of inadequacy and mortality...

We hate ourselves.

Everyone needs a break sometime.

A break is different from giving up entirely.

Personally, I enjoyed my retirement.

You're through with it so easily?

I retired long before the Keene act passed. Figured it was time to give the younger generation a chance. Can't say you kids disappointed.

Always a mess to clean up.

Well that's just life.

Spoken like a true retiree- like they're already dead.

ooc: d'oh. a thousand pardons. threads just escape me sometimes >.

We're all dead, sweetie. Just takes a while for some people to figure it out.

ooc: No problem. I literally just got back from seeing the movie, finally.