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“don’t do that. don’t shut me out.” 

“you’ve been crying. i can tell.”

“we need to change those bandages and get some food in you.”

“you want me to rub your back ’til you fall asleep?”

“that was a brave thing you did today.” 

“shh, that’s okay, get everything out.”   

“there’s something on your shirt. you – that’s blood!”

“need some space?”

“you should lay down.”

“there’s nothing wrong with asking for help.” 

“shh, shh. you were having a nightmare.”

“we can talk through the door.” 

“let’s clean you up and get you to bed, okay?”

“you almost died.” 

“i brought you a blanket.”

“you’re home. you’re safe.” 

“i’m worried about you.”

“is everything okay?”

“tell me how to make it better.”

“it’s been a tough few days. how are you holding up?”

“you have to stay awake. come on, give my hand a squeeze.” 

“you’re in the hospital.” 

“think you can make it to the bathroom?”

i    :     in reference to siblings .

❝ i’m not here to see you. i’m here to see your brother/sister. ❞

❝ so, how many siblings did you say you had again? ❞

❝ sometimes i wish i had a sibling or two. ❞

​❝ where ever my brother/sister goes, i go. from now on. ❞

❝ i have a long lost sibling out there somewhere. ❞

❝ you are like my brother/sister. ❞

​❝ you are brother/sister to me. ❞

​❝ you are the brother/sister i never had. ❞

​❝ no offense but, your brother/sister scares me. ❞

​❝ if you brother/sister knew about us … come on. ❞

​❝ me and my siblings don’t get along that well.  ❞

​❝ i never knew you had a brother/sister. why didn’t you tell me? ❞

​❝ i always wondered what it would be like to have a twin. ❞

​❝ for a twin, you all look nothing a like. ❞

​❝ i have a twin brother/sister somewhere out there. ❞

​❝ my brother/sister and i don’t get along anymore. ❞

​❝ hey, we should invite your brother/sister to come with us. ❞

❝ me and your brother/sister, we might .. kind of … like each other. ❞ 

​❝ my brother/sister would have liked you. ❞

​❝ you remind me of my brother/sister. ❞

​❝ sometimes i just think about what my brother/sister might do. ❞

​❝ me and my siblings go everywhere together, what did you expect?  ❞

​❝ my brothers/sisters are always into trouble but not me. ❞

​❝ i’m the only good sibling between me and my siblings.. ❞

ii    :     in reference to parents .

❝ so, your parents turned out to not be your actual parents.. ❞

❝ i didn’t realize we were at that point in our relation/friendship to meet parents. ❞

❝ i thought you might of wanted to meet my parents. ❞

​❝ no offense but your mom(s)/dad(s) scare me. ❞

❝ i’m not sure that your parents like me very much. ❞

❝ wait, you want me to meet your parents? ❞

​❝ my parents are going to freak out if they find out. ❞

​❝ are you insane? my parents will kill me, bring me back, then kill me again! ❞

​❝ my mom(s)/dad(s) are fighting again.. ❞

​❝ your parents give me hope that love does last. ❞

​❝ i don’t even get along with my own parents, let alone yours!  ❞

​❝ i think we should definitely call our parents. ❞

​❝ my mom(s)/dad(s) will know what to do, trust me. ❞

​❝ wait, you want me to lie to my parents? ❞

​❝ my parents took my phone, so i couldn’t text or anything. ❞

​❝ i can’t go, my parents want me to either stay in or go with them somewhere. ❞

​❝ my mom(s)/dad(s) called yours and so, that’s how i know. ❞

❝ wait, my mom(s)/dad(s) called you? why? ❞

​❝ my parents are grounding me, i’m not sneaking out anymore. ❞

​❝ okay, just let me go ask my mom(s)/dad(s). ❞

​❝ i asked my mom(s)/dad(s), she/he/they said no. ❞

​❝ what your parents don’t know won’t hurt them, right?  ❞

​❝ hey, i think your mom(s)/dad(s) are starting to like me finally. ❞

​❝ so, you just found out that you were actually adopted? ❞

iii    :     in reference to children .

❝ cute kid, is he/she yours? ❞

❝ do you have any kids? ❞

❝ wouldn’t you like to have kids some day? ❞

​❝ how many kids would you want to have in the future? ❞

❝ do you ever think of having kids with me? ❞

❝ i have a kid, things are different now. ❞

​❝ i’d rather hang out with my kid than hang out with you. ❞

​❝ you can walk with me to pick my son/daughter up from school if you want. ❞

​❝ i don’t think i’m really ready to have anymore kids, what about you? ❞

​❝ so, you have kids? how many? ❞

​❝ i’ve raised enough kids to know better than that. ❞

​❝ hey, she’s/he’s just a kid, leave she/he alone. ❞

​❝ you’re really good with kids. ❞

​❝ wow, i’ve never seen anyone so good with kids before. ❞

​❝ i’m really good with kids considering i have one of my own. ❞

​❝ sometimes i think i should just have more kids. ❞

​❝ i’m good at a lot except for being a parent, it seems. ❞

❝ i’ve seen you with your kid, you’re doing a fine job. ❞

​❝ the hardest thing to do is to raise my son/daughter. ❞

​❝ you worry too much, i’m sure you’re daughter/son will be fine. ❞

​❝ i met your daughter/son, he/she seems wonderful, sweet almost. ❞

​❝ i like the idea of having kids more i think.  ❞

​❝ it’s natural as a parent to worry for their child, relax. ❞

​❝ my child drives me crazy but i love him/her and wouldn’t have it any other way. ❞

iv    :     in reference to all the above .

❝ i’m leaving town, going to stay with some of my family. ❞

❝ today is the day i meet with my real family, wish me luck. ❞

❝ you are more than family to me. ❞

​❝ my whole family decided to come into town and stay a bit. ❞

❝ are you worried about meeting my family? because you shouldn’t. ❞

❝ have you seen my family? crazy is an understatement. ❞

​❝ i wish i had a family, but i’ll never know the feeling. ❞

​❝ you are lucky to have a family, that’s all i’ve ever wanted. ❞

​❝ i will do anything and everything for my family, no matter what. ❞

​❝ you are family to me, more so than some of my actual family. ❞

​❝ it’s the closest thing i’ve got to a family.  ❞

​❝ this family is falling a part and it is all your fault! ❞

​❝ you’re the reason our family is the way it is now. ❞

​❝ i don’t think your family likes me very much. ❞

​❝ i have a complicated relationship with my in-laws. ❞

​❝ what’s it like to have a family? i’ve never known. ❞

​❝ one day, we are going to have a family of our own. ❞

❝ do you want to start a family with me one day? ❞

​❝ i have a really big/small family. ❞

​❝ where is your family? ❞

​❝ i don’t have a family. ❞

​❝ we are not family anymore.  ❞

​❝ we’re no longer family as far as i’m concerned. ❞

“ wait here. i’ll go see what the noise was. ”

“ does it hurt? tell the truth. ”

“ eat as much as you can. you need to build your strength back up. ”

“ let’s get you into a clean shirt. you’ve already sweat through that one.”

“ don’t try to push yourself. ”

“ get behind me. ”

“ stay on the phone. ”

“ were you able to keep that down? ”

“ shh, it’s me, only me. ”

“ you can hold onto me if you’re scared. ”

“ small sips. there you go. don’t want you getting sick. ”

“ you need to calm down before you make yourself sick again. ”  

“ i’m sure that’s too much for you to understand right now. but i’ll be here the next time you wake up, and i’ll tell you again. i’ll keep telling you. ”

“ i won’t let you fall. ”

“ why? because i don’t want you to get hurt, that’s why. ”

“ are you stuffy? you sound stuffy. ”

“ can you take one more sip for me? ”

“ i know you’re exhausted right now, but you need to take your medicine. ”

“ you can use my jacket for a blanket. ”

“ i told you to stay in bed. ”

“ breathe for me, that’s it. all the way in, there you go. now out, good. now again, nice and slow. you’re doing so well. ”

“ leave your bandages alone. ”

“ do you need to lie down? ”

“ put this on, we’re going to the hospital. don’t argue with me. ”

“ all you need to worry about is getting better. ”

“ i carried you. ”

“ you should be in bed. ”

“ i’ll be right here when you wake up. ”

“ i know you can’t talk, but i just want you to know that i’m not going anywhere. ”

“ that needs bandages. ”

“ let your stomach throw up if it wants to. kneel down here and i’ll hold you. ”

Caspar David Friedrich (September 5, 1774 – May 7, 1840)

i’m gonna grab coffee. you want some?

how’s your family?

since when did you care about any of that?

i’m adopting a façade of caring.

you want to dive right in?

i’ve read a lot about you.

sure, these men all have wives, kids, dogs, goldfish, but not because they stopped being psychopaths, but because they just had different leanings.

do you think they have the same underlying personality traits?

it’s crazy in the way that anyone with a truly new idea is crazy.

that hasn’t been the feedback we’ve gotten so far - actually, this is the only feedback we’ve gotten so far.

these men are just sitting here, locked up, and we’re too afraid of the morality of it to see the far-reaching value of their insights.

i didn’t realise this was so informal.

you think people would be interested in this outside of law enforcement?

imagine, like, truly imagine what it takes to bludgeon someone to death.

narcissists don’t go to the doctor. psychopaths are convinced that there is nothing wrong with them.

i’ve spent enough time with him to know what it means when he gets that crazy look.

you know, this is really important work.

it’s good to get some encouragement, even if our hands are tied.we realise this is somewhat unorthodox.

well, that’s the last time we give them advanced notice.

ever feel like you’re on the cusp of something and it keeps spinning out in your head?

did you smoke my pot?

not only is this exactly what we predicted, but he’s getting a taste for it. there will be more.

your unsub will have bite marks.

guys in unhappy marriages have hair triggers. they lash out.

my bet is poor white trash.

well, now what has he done?

who the hell have you brought into my home?

just take a fucking moment to breathe.

you trying to suck me off?

what kind of fucking question is that?

don’t you stick up for yourself?

what a bitch.

i think she actually likes me.

there’s nothing behind his eyes. it’s like standing near a black hole.

we’re good at this shit, even if it turns my stomach.

guys in my high school always thought my mom was hot and it always really disgusted me.

i can’t let these guys rub off on me - the way they view sex. and women.

if going down on me while i’m filing my nails is your idea of being kinky…–

i’m kinky. i’m very kinky.

i could impale you with this nail file.

you sound like you have a crush on teacher.

i’m teaching a class on the intersection of sociopathy and fame.

how do you get to be the president of the united states if you’re a sociopath?

you think this might help?

what do you say we get down to brass tacks?

how did you choose your victims?

you want to diddle around, we’ll walk out of here. we’ll go have a nice leisurely lunch wherever the fuck we want, and then take the picturesque drive home.

what he’s too polite to say is we’re talking to men like you because we can’t understand how someone could fuck up their life so completely before he’s barely old enough to vote.

i gotta keep checking in or they send me back.

it’s like the idea of doing it pops into your head like a - like a sneeze, you know what i mean?

your science buddy might have something there.

you don’t expect us to buy your mercy horseshit.

he’s an olympic-class bullshitter.

we just need to extract what’s useful and discard the rest.

here’s the fucking law, pal!

why am i so upset?

i didn’t see it coming. you could’ve been killed and i didn’t see it coming.

i feel like we’re failing him somehow.

you have no idea what i’m trying to say, do you?

let’s make that our term of art.

isn’t that just life?

what else is a criminal except somebody who can’t function in society?

why do i get the sense that ‘reductive’ is your worst insult?

i meant to say you were right.

i did not want to be in california, that’s for sure. nobody wanted me there either.

when i was nine, i shot my cousin in the ass with that gun.

i got into all kinds of shit.

nobody wanted me. nobody on this earth ever wanted me.

you guys mind if i bother you a minute?

you don’t think somebody local did this?

we shouldn’t jump ahead of forensics, am i right?

we’re gonna have to go over ground you’ve covered: witnesses, crime scene. we don’t mean that as a challenge to you.

we’re all on the same side.

i’m not trying to make you feel bad… maybe a little.

i’m curious why you’re cutting this guy so much slack.

he’s never seen this kind of thing before. he’s rattled.

without a doubt, you have more experience, but why rub it in his face?

what did the killer see in her?

you need to be with family at times like this.

no apology necessary. we’re all learning as we go.

events we process as good news sometimes hits these killers the wrong way.

sometimes the killer will insinuate himself into the investigation.

what kind of dog do you have?

if we want to find something out, we will.

i was scared the cops might want me for it, okay?

those wounds were inflicted posthumously.

you’re not under arrest.

the idiot was with me the whole night.

nine times out of ten, it’s the boyfriend, husband, somebody close.

can’t say how much i appreciate all your help.

you’re in the middle of an ongoing investigation?

my assumption is that you’re good at your job, which means you’re gonna be more focused on solving an actual crime than the theoretical work we’re doing.

we can’t end crime, no matter what we do.

the psychopath understands how to play his audience.

i’m trying to frame an overall taxonomy, except i don’t know where to start.

the class is great, but he’s obsessed with the meaning of shit.

all shit has meaning, man.

should i be jealous?

would i have invited her to go out with us if i was interested in her?

i’ve seen men do stranger things.

do you plan on getting married? having kids, the whole thing?

for a fed, he’s not so bad at having a good time.

are you in law enforcement also?

i’m not intimidated being around women who are smarter than me.

he has a lot of flaws, but surprisingly, that’s not one of them.

is there anything i need to know?

my job is to provide guidance and quite a bit of protection.

you have stepped outside of the shade of my umbrella and you are now exposed to direct sunlight.

so much for the protection i might have afforded you.