Fault Lines

by Emily Itami

read somewhere that the twenty identifiable traits on the Hare psychopathy checklist apparently don’t count in children, since they tend to display all of them. These include poor behavioral controls, irresponsibility, superficial charm, parasitic lifestyle, need for stimulation, lack of realistic long-term goals, and impulsivity. I suppose it’s unsurprising that one might question things sometimes, being in a state of indentured servitude to two small psychopaths.

Tokyo, if it doesn’t provide an answer to my angst, at least has the effect of making me forget the question.

Hajimemashite.”

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