| the less distance there is between a character and myself, the more quickly i am attracted, the more strongly i am involved. it has been said: si vis me flere, dolendum est primum ipse tibi. but you will weep alone, and i shall not be tempted to mingle one tear with yours, if i can not put myself in your place. | ||
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 i must be clinging to the end of the rope which keeps you hanging in space, or else i shall not tremble. - ah, now i understand.  | 
 - what?  |