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[godcards]

With a little over one week left until everyone’s favorite holiday, and Retrospec has been surprisingly well-behaved this month… all things considered… I’m sure that many of us on here are in a rather festive mood. Which is why I’d like to draw attention to the fact that my birthday is on December 23rd, and any good will or kind wishes in the form of cash gifts would be preferred. I don’t celebrate Christmas, but it’s the “reason for the season” isn’t it?

Comments

[standalonehuman]

You DO have issues, Malik.

Would you rather I just tossed you aside and didn't think about you anymore? Tried to ignore any of the fallout of what happened? I know that would be easier to respond to, and it's the trap that so many of my colleagues fall into.

Actions have consequences. Some cops see our jobs as to be that consequence. But our actions have to be answered for, too.

[godcards]

I’m not responsible for easing your feelings of guilt. You benefited from that... incident... and now what? You think you can make yourself feel better by helping me? I’m sure that once you satisfy whatever conditions you’ve set for yourself, you’ll move on to other things. I’m not going to be the last bad thing that happens to you, and if this is how you’re going to act each time, you’re never going to sleep well at night. You’re always going to feel guilty because you can’t fix everything.

That is not my problem to deal with. I just want cash.

[standalonehuman]

I don't want you to, I definitely don't need you to. I know, it's not your problem.

But with your insistence on figuring out people's true reasons for things? Their real motivations? I don't know. I thought it was worth at least bringing up.

I'm not skirting responsibility, and I'm not going to back out.

[godcards]

Yeah, you’re just like everyone else and doing it to make yourself feel better. I know. Am I getting any money or not? I have plans.

[standalonehuman]

If you insist on meeting out, then come by the coffee shop on the edge of the University. I've got it handled.

[godcards]

I will be there!