[This is probably the wrong time to be saying this. This is probably the worst time to be saying it, actually. But the Lonely was never much divorced from Martin's distinct inclination to sabotage his entire life, so here they are.]
I mean, it's-- it's nice that you want to, you know, protect me and everything because people don't really do that for me, a-and all, but. Peter picked me because he knew he could convince me. That I wasn't already too far off to begin with, and under the circumstances... you know.
[He shrugs, as if hoping that will supplement what the 'you know' part of that was.]
It's not like I'm a trapped princess or something. I'm just... me? We're just us. Trying our best with what we have.
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[This is probably the wrong time to be saying this. This is probably the worst time to be saying it, actually. But the Lonely was never much divorced from Martin's distinct inclination to sabotage his entire life, so here they are.]
I mean, it's-- it's nice that you want to, you know, protect me and everything because people don't really do that for me, a-and all, but. Peter picked me because he knew he could convince me. That I wasn't already too far off to begin with, and under the circumstances... you know.
[He shrugs, as if hoping that will supplement what the 'you know' part of that was.]
It's not like I'm a trapped princess or something. I'm just... me? We're just us. Trying our best with what we have.