Goro calmly lowers his eyes to the notepad, writing down the answer mechanically, with his heart thudding hard in his ears. What does he do? This is. Very valuable evidence, from someone that's essentially an issue. Ah, it's not right to keep things under wraps, but...]
Interesting. [He doesn't feel very "here" but he sure is acting like he is.] I... don't think I've ever heard of compulsions like that before. There's usually signs beforehand, but given that you'd intended to live your sentence out that doesn't apply here. It's almost like...
[A beat, and then he sets the notepad down as if realizing something, looking up at James again.]
Like you were a character in a story, your direction written by a mysterious hand, or a puppet dancing to Drosselmeyer's tune... More directly stated, you were in a state of disassociation for the last however long of your life. Am I correct in that assessment?
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Goro calmly lowers his eyes to the notepad, writing down the answer mechanically, with his heart thudding hard in his ears. What does he do? This is. Very valuable evidence, from someone that's essentially an issue. Ah, it's not right to keep things under wraps, but...]
Interesting. [He doesn't feel very "here" but he sure is acting like he is.] I... don't think I've ever heard of compulsions like that before. There's usually signs beforehand, but given that you'd intended to live your sentence out that doesn't apply here. It's almost like...
[A beat, and then he sets the notepad down as if realizing something, looking up at James again.]
Like you were a character in a story, your direction written by a mysterious hand, or a puppet dancing to Drosselmeyer's tune... More directly stated, you were in a state of disassociation for the last however long of your life. Am I correct in that assessment?