That's not true. [ She doesn't think he means to lie to her, nor to pander to her (Chuck does not seem the type). Alayne dismisses it as simply a matter of perspective, the difference between his world and his life in comparison to her own. Still, when she disagrees, Alayne's voice does not seem to argue. If anything it seems gentle, like she's revealing a truth to him he hadn't known before.
(That's more true than she'd care to admit. During the course of a single conversation, he's learned more about her than most do in a lifetime — so long as he thinks to look.
But that's the thing about Chuck Hansen. Alayne doesn't expect him to look and so he feels safe. Blank, empty. Like a cup she can pour herself into with the knowledge that, when they're finished, he'll pour her out again.) ]
People have made me all manner of things I had not been before knowing them.
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(That's more true than she'd care to admit. During the course of a single conversation, he's learned more about her than most do in a lifetime — so long as he thinks to look.
But that's the thing about Chuck Hansen. Alayne doesn't expect him to look and so he feels safe. Blank, empty. Like a cup she can pour herself into with the knowledge that, when they're finished, he'll pour her out again.) ]
People have made me all manner of things I had not been before knowing them.