--So tell me a little about yourself, Nathaniel.
__Okay, doc. Should I talk about my past? Start with my past?
--That's entirely up to you now.
__Of course. Of course. I guess you're looking for the broad stuff, right? Like place of birth, parents' names, general stuff?
--Would it help you to start by telling me where you were born?
__...Yeah, I spose it would. Midwest. ... Nowhere. (laughs). I moved all over as a kid. Shuttled between my uncles and aunts and great-aunts and, you know, for god knows how many years. I guess I could do the math on that... But honestly I don't like to think about it any more than I have to.
--And why is that?
__Oh... I've never really been much of a head at math. That's all. I'm actually proud to say it, too. It's a trap, obsessing over calculations like that.
--You say a trap?
__Yes sir. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, if you ask me. You're robbing the moment to deface what's passed with artificial notches and gridlines. It's a whole, huge, unnecessary bureaucracy, with its own culture, its own behavior--its own evolutionary mandate. Doc, I would go so far as to call it self-aware. It's as much in the mix to win it as America or al Qaeda. Or the NFL. At least as much, you know, if not more so. Math.
--Ah, of course. And so I am to understand you experience pain when you recollect those childhood memories?
__It's a pain to calculate, doc. Only when I calculate. I'd rather that span of time you're calling my childhood be remembered as it was, which is... Really more a flavor of a bleakness of timespace than a calendar could do it any justice, right?
--I think I'm following that.
__Right.
--Well, Nathaniel; I do think it is a very good sign to hear you acknowledging this pain.
__Sure. Difficulty. ... Yeah.
--Yes indeed. In whatever forms it may take, through whatever normalization processes your chain of consciousness will negotiate for itself... Yes, Nathaniel. We have made some remarkable progress today.
__You know, that's a relief to hear?
--I can imagine. It was a pleasure meeting you. Good luck on your voyage.
__Say what?
<fffff-SHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!>
__Okay, doc. Should I talk about my past? Start with my past?
--That's entirely up to you now.
__Of course. Of course. I guess you're looking for the broad stuff, right? Like place of birth, parents' names, general stuff?
--Would it help you to start by telling me where you were born?
__...Yeah, I spose it would. Midwest. ... Nowhere. (laughs). I moved all over as a kid. Shuttled between my uncles and aunts and great-aunts and, you know, for god knows how many years. I guess I could do the math on that... But honestly I don't like to think about it any more than I have to.
--And why is that?
__Oh... I've never really been much of a head at math. That's all. I'm actually proud to say it, too. It's a trap, obsessing over calculations like that.
--You say a trap?
__Yes sir. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, if you ask me. You're robbing the moment to deface what's passed with artificial notches and gridlines. It's a whole, huge, unnecessary bureaucracy, with its own culture, its own behavior--its own evolutionary mandate. Doc, I would go so far as to call it self-aware. It's as much in the mix to win it as America or al Qaeda. Or the NFL. At least as much, you know, if not more so. Math.
--Ah, of course. And so I am to understand you experience pain when you recollect those childhood memories?
__It's a pain to calculate, doc. Only when I calculate. I'd rather that span of time you're calling my childhood be remembered as it was, which is... Really more a flavor of a bleakness of timespace than a calendar could do it any justice, right?
--I think I'm following that.
__Right.
--Well, Nathaniel; I do think it is a very good sign to hear you acknowledging this pain.
__Sure. Difficulty. ... Yeah.
--Yes indeed. In whatever forms it may take, through whatever normalization processes your chain of consciousness will negotiate for itself... Yes, Nathaniel. We have made some remarkable progress today.
__You know, that's a relief to hear?
--I can imagine. It was a pleasure meeting you. Good luck on your voyage.
__Say what?
<fffff-SHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!>
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