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I could be if I worked at it.

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I could, though I don't know for how long.

Sometimes we all do.

It is hard not to, especially when you see how people suffer

I'm not even talking about people suffering. I care too much about the little things most people would just leave alone. It drives me crazy but I can't seem to stop.

You are a prefectionist?

*nods* The worst kind out there.

Sometimes it can be a burden and sometimes it works very well. You need to learn that it is ok not to be perfect.

Not in my family it isn't, Hiro.

*Hiro nods.* It is hard to go against your family.

Yeah. What's your family like, Hiro?

My mother died when I was small. She was a very quiet, strong woman, at least in spirit. She always sung to me. My father was not traditional, though most thought he was. He was very good at being Japanese when he had to be. My sister is anything but traditional. She only acts as a Japanese woman when it helps her seal a deal. Not that I mind. I have no real desire to run the company and she has a gift for it.

They sound like good people. Are you like any of them? I would guess not your sister.

Actually, I think my sister and I are more alike than either of us will ever admit. Or at least to each other. She is very much like my father, but I am not really like any of them.

Because that's going to solve so much.

And provoking me does?

I wasn't provoking you! I was having a civilized conversation and you had to take it all on yourself.

You make me remember why I was never one of the good guys, Jack, because if it means being like this? I'd rather go back to killing.

I was talking about your comment above. Your assumptions aren't always right, you know.

And there. That was a great help too. Thank you so much.

I wasn't provoking you, other than you want to be. That much was evident.

You knew what I was, Jack Shephard. Remember? You know all you need to know about me from my public persona. The White Queen is about as damn public as I get.

I'm well aware of my name, thank you. Don't talk to me like you talk to Sawyer.

It's completely insulting to say that killing is preferable than living my life. I'm not a murderer.

You're making assumptions. What I meant it was preferable to ending up like I was, like you are. Does pushing me away make your life better, Jack? Does playing the hero when I offer to take your place make it easier on you?

I'm not the one who is pushing anyone away. I told you that I want you and everyone else safe.

I told you the same, as I recall. Be selfish for once. If you get the chance, go back with them. They need you.

And leave a friend?

So we should leave you?

I think we should all be able to leave.

It's a nice dream, Jack. I hope that's how it goes.

How often has this island ever done anything like that? We have to face the inevitable truth. Just as some have had the chance to go, we have to accept that it may be some, not all.

Then I stay wherever there are more people. Like you said, they need me,

Jack, by your logic? If the majority goes, you let me stay. Understood? I told you before, let me be the one person that you don't have to do this for. This being everything you do.

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Whoa whoa there. Don't talk to her like you talk to ME. Jackass.

It's never easy to stop anything that runs so deep Jack.

Hence the wishing.

Maybe it's good that you care that much, it's a driving force for some, but I think it helps people trust you easier. To know that you care that much, it helps them.