but I knew him

"Okay— sorry for making you think I was someone."

"You’ll let it get that far?"

        ❝actually—no.❞

"I agree, even though I’m not sure what you’re trying to get at."

"For a moment I thought you said you miss it when I was scrawny.                 — ‘cause I don’t.”

   ”You asked me to  s t a y         —— So I did.”

"I’m sorry but I think you’ve mistaken me for someone else. I don’t know you and I don’t think we’ve ever met…"

        “But I’m not mean, just honest…?      Thinking well, you would not be s o bad with those glasses.”

❝Too late to atone for your s i n s.❞

                                                                       ❝  ————— I’m sorry,  w h a t  ? ❞.                                                          [ Gleaming amber tomes subtly                                                                             beckon for an answer. ]                                                                      [  No, she hadn’t been paying                                                                                            attention; not ever. ]

"The whole stars and stripes never worked for you."

          ❝ But that doesn’t answer           my question…. ❞