snippet of the day
Hyperion explains certain truths of his life:
After all these years, you’d think I’d have a better grasp of how the human mind works. While I know I have improved, your species is still a mystery, wrapped in an enigma, holding a machine gun with a hair trigger.
I’ll spend considerable time working on a conversation. The plan is to give you a cheerful A, to which you’ll respond with B, to which I’ll reply with a witty C and, finally, you’ll concede my point with a comradely D. Once I’ve examined it from all sides for any possible flaws, I’ll approach you with a cheerful A, to which you’ll reply How dare you? You monster! Get out of my sight!
And, being human, and a known point of sanity and goodness, I know you must be right. But I’ll still be damned if I know why.
After all these years, you’d think I’d have a better grasp of how the human mind works. While I know I have improved, your species is still a mystery, wrapped in an enigma, holding a machine gun with a hair trigger.
I’ll spend considerable time working on a conversation. The plan is to give you a cheerful A, to which you’ll respond with B, to which I’ll reply with a witty C and, finally, you’ll concede my point with a comradely D. Once I’ve examined it from all sides for any possible flaws, I’ll approach you with a cheerful A, to which you’ll reply How dare you? You monster! Get out of my sight!
And, being human, and a known point of sanity and goodness, I know you must be right. But I’ll still be damned if I know why.
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