"I know it." She looks down again, thought-gathering. "Thing is -- "
And up.
"He is what he is, all of him, and he's lucky, you know? That he's all separated out like that, personality-wise. You got the young one, who's kind as it gets, and the older one, who's smart -- and you got the one we don't like to think's a part of anybody, or ever could be. He don't got a choice in it, though. Because that's who he is, and that's all he is."
She lets out a quick breath. "I had a choice in it. Only I didn't, because I did what I had to."
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Date: 2007-01-22 08:16 am (UTC)And up.
"He is what he is, all of him, and he's lucky, you know? That he's all separated out like that, personality-wise. You got the young one, who's kind as it gets, and the older one, who's smart -- and you got the one we don't like to think's a part of anybody, or ever could be. He don't got a choice in it, though. Because that's who he is, and that's all he is."
She lets out a quick breath. "I had a choice in it. Only I didn't, because I did what I had to."
"I just don't know if I did right."