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IC CONTACT - MASK OR MENACE

[The default voicemail is still set up here. No name is attached to it, just the number.]

As opposed to what, exactly?

[ His own sigh is audible as well. As is the pause while he scrubs at his face. Why... this... ]

Look, Dick. It's nothing personal. Or maybe it is personal, but you're just some kid who didn't actually do anything to deserve me hating his guts, so fuck me, I guess. The point is, I'm not interested in having family or friends or whatever the hell it is you're getting at. Okay? I am not in the happiness and emotional fulfillment game. I'm pretty much just an unpleasant asshole. So what the hell would I want with you, or you with me?

Unpleasant assholes deserve friends too.

I don't want friends. What the fuck would I need a friend for?

Dude, that's easily one of the saddest sentences I've ever heard.

Not everyone is as needy as you, Dick. And I told you, I'm not fucking interested in being happy or any of that shit. So what the fuck would I need friends for, exactly?

You're not interested in being happy? [ Said with all the unimpressed incredulity that a teenage boy can muster, which is a lot. ] Do you listen to yourself when you talk?