pokemon partners!

dialogue prompts from my darling dreadful thing: a novel by johanna van veen.

you're different from what i expected.

are you pretending?

some things are so horrible that the only sane response is a bit of madness.

the truth scares people. they're always afraid of what they can't explain.

children accept so much as normal, don't they?

you need never be alone again. i shall keep you safe.

they were onto something, those greeks.

poor little thing. you must have been terribly lonely.

it's very clear in my mind, but it doesn't sound very clear when i try to put it into words.

you were mine, and i was yours.

i can see i've touched a very sore spot. let's talk about someone else.

please. just a little while longer.

do shut up.

your feeling does you credit.

what could you possibly do to help me?

i suppose you must feel very pleased with yourself.

i'll never come back to you.

do you often feel violent toward people?

you're inscrutable.

you know, you needn't stay with me.

you don't owe me anything.

hotel rooms are such strange places, don't you think?

i can see you now.

what a sick little story.

all these years, i thought i was alone.

i only had _____ to teach me love.

forgive me. i didn't mean to laugh.

i thought if i could make the situation darkly funny, it would be easier to handle.

you're a blessing and a curse, aren't you?

am i a curse to you?

please don't raise your voice at me.

i've no doubt that in your mind, it was all true.

do you think i do not know? do you think i'm stupid, as well as mad?

i'm trying to tell you everything, but you keep interrupting me.

every house has its own scent.

to speak of evil is to invite it in.

the house is very talkative.

arrogance is a greater threat to justice than evil and ineptitude.

remain always wary. ever-vigilant.

god hasn't yet given me much reason to believe in him.

describe _____ to me.

you've seen right through me.

smoking is an acquired taste.

i like listening to you talk.

every house is entitled to its secrets.

you keep your cards close to your chest.

are you done interrogating me?

if i had my way, you'd never have to clean.

happy: such a funny little word, isn't it?

doing little has never agreed with me. it gives me too much time to dwell on things.

you've never looked more beautiful.

knowing and understanding: what is the difference?

some things must be experienced to be understood.

it seems to me that you are a little jealous.

i want to know everything there is to know about you.

i want to eat you up and drink you in.

there's a reason the word 'haunting' is rarely used in a positive way.

this is no place to raise a child.

i feel like you're being dishonest with me.

some things can't be talked about.

please, will you hold me?

how do you want to be held?

everything you say is interesting to me.

i don't want you to think all i ever went through was misery.

i told you this is how it would be, didn't i?

i'm going to make it alright. i promise.

remind me again why you thought this plan would work.

i'm not doing it all by myself. i've got you.

you've thought it all through, haven't you?

your hair is getting long.

let me help. let me bear it for a little while.

some things can only be learned through experience.

i can bear anything, if you're there to bear it with me.

i'll help you wash.

i'm like a magpie. i like shiny things.

men are such babies.

i read that in a library book.

i always suspected you didn't have a heart.

please don't look at me as if you don't know me.

my marriage was nothing like you seem to think it was.

if that was love, it came at much too steep a price.

you could charm the devil himself.

there's only so much disgrace and shame a person can suffer.

i could have helped you. you needn't have carried all this alone.

i've never had anyone i could trust enough to talk to before.

you must have felt so powerless.

does anyone know what you did?

everything i touch blackens and withers.

sometimes i think that all i am is what ____ made me.

you're kind and funny and smart. and so much more, besides.

you've got me all wrong, you know.

you don't have to say anything. i just wanted to tell you.

you're more than what _____ did to you.

maybe i'm already dead. maybe this is hell.

my love for you is as strong as death.

when you wake, please come haunt me.

you really are a funny one.

where will you go, if you won't come with me?

i don't much like to be beholden to anyone. it hasn't worked out so well for me before.

dialogue prompts from these violent delights by micah nemerever.

i never told you my name.

who puts those awful ideas in your head?

you're forever assuming the worst.

what's that face? you look like you're going to cry.

you're one of those people who worry all the time, aren't you?

i don't worry, i ruminate. they're distinct actions.

nothing made you. you just are.

beautiful things are supposed to hurt.

people tell you you're shy all the time, don't they?

i don't know how i ever got on without you.

a little trouble is a good thing for a young person.

i wasn't born yesterday. i know what kids get up to.

it's good to have guns to stick to.

you could do anything to me and i'd let you.

i'm not ready to be seen. not yet.

i don't need you to treat me respectfully. i'm not made of glass.

tell me you love me, at least. please. i need to know somebody does.

do i look normal? i can't tell if i look normal.

you can get away with anything, as long as you act like an authority on the truth.

don't tell me what i want.

you know you're just about the worst liar i've ever met.

i don't think you've ever felt anything that didn't hurt you.

you're so square, you're a cube.

i just want you to believe me when i tell you you're worth something.

there are limits to what you can expect people to understand, without living it.

you can't fight everybody all the time. you still have to live with them.

i forget how blue the sky can be outside the city.

i'm going to push you off a cliff, you fucking boy scout.

thank you for trusting me with this.

be a kid while you still can.

please believe in the things i try to tell you, instead of the things you think you deserve to be told.

if the sun touched you for even a moment, you'd go up in flames. like a vampire.

your voice changes when you're angry.

what a lonely, dreary thing it is to know the truth.

you never look away, even when your eyes are closed, but i'm never certain you can see what's really there.

tell me you need me. in those words.

can i tell you something? that i'm all but certain you won't believe?

i never lie to you. but sometimes, i wish i could.

you never let me pretend the truth is alright when it isn't.

you have a profound, elusive sadness about you.

you didn't. please tell me you didn't.

you and your awful little games.

why would i bother to grow my own conscience when you're always around to pester me?

you're going to help me escape.

this house is a shadowbox, never meant for human things.

you have no right to stop me, and you're not going to try.

you're sweet, when you want to be.

do you want me to kill ____? i mean it.

it might do you good to be an orphan.

you're just so sincerely creepy.

wealthy people pay handsomely for the privilege of ignoring cries for help.

i've never seen you like that before. not once.

i've decided to learn to be impulsive.

the worst damage humans do isn't rooted in malice, but in thoughtlessness.

there's such a thing as right and wrong. anyone can figure out the difference if they're willing to think for themselves.

there's no part of you i can't see.

i don't want to hurt you. please don't let me.

you're ridiculous, sometimes. but that's alright.

i don't want you right now. go home.

i'm not like you. i don't even have a shape of my own to hold anything else in place.

i'll never matter the way you do, and you know it.

say what you need to say.

if you say the word 'deserve' one more time, i'm driving us off a bridge.

i've been meaning to talk to you about ____.

i'm worried about what you're getting into.

you don't see me. you can't. you never could.

it's your life. you're entitled to make your own mistakes.

i want you to know you deserve better. you don't have to put up with ____.

you scare the hell out of me. you really do.

you look the same way you always have.

i was worried i'd lost you.

i'll take care of you. i don't need you to be brave.

all i want to do is make you happy, and you're the unhappiest person i've ever met.

i would rather be cruel than weak.

i want you to let me be nice to you today. i don't care if you think you deserve it.

this place looks like somewhere in a jigsaw puzzle.

it's always been real for me. every second.

please don't say anything to my mother.

we can't fix it if you don't tell me what happened.

i'll call you when i can stand the sight of you. don't hold your breath.

hiding the truth is still lying.

i thought you'd finally trust me if you knew i'd kill for you.

i'm just as much of a monster as you are.

i was missing part of myself my whole life, until i met you.

righteous fury leaves no space for fear.

you can always talk to me. about anything, okay? i love you no matter what.

you played [game] in school, didn't you?

no one tolerates boredom worse than the idle rich.

someone needs to be looking after you.

you know you can't actually stop me, right?

i want to be able to look at you.

when you need to, you will understand.

i'm only ever early when i'm afraid.

people talk themselves into the strangest things when they want to look impressive.