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How does your best friend react to this?
My best friend just laughs at me.
Do you make friends easily, Seven?
Not at all.
Honestly?
Honestly.
Uh, huh.
::sigh::
Sigh?
Yeah.
Let’s move on, if you have no objections. When did you last see your father?
Monday? No. Sunday.
Sorry, Seven, but I don’t understand what you’re trying to say.
Sunday.
Sunday?
I last saw my father on Sunday.
Did you have many conflicts when you were growing up?
Not really.
What makes you say ‘Not really’?
I had a pretty happy childhood.
Do you enjoy life?
No.
Are you saying ‘no’ just to disagree with me?
Yes.
You seem quite certain.
Yep.
Oh, really?
Really.
But you were terrified of dogs!
That does put a damper on things.
Then that’s certainly unusual!
They all bark at me. I think there’s some sort of pheremone problem.
Sharing the burden often lightens the load.
Of a pheromone mutation, probably introduced by cellular regeneration from terminal chimerism?

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