( For what it's worth, Mishka will take the guesstimation, because it, at least, asks him to think beyond his own presumptions - like an optical illusion, when you're struggling to see it both ways.
He seems to enjoy Ellis's answer. )
I think you may have some point. There are few things he values more than himself - perhaps nothing at all.
( Who he is; the things that made him the way he is today. If he considers himself part of a collection of things Adelis feels are relevant components to his identity - that he does not, necessarily, wish to lose...
Well, perhaps it doesn't see eye to eye with his own feelings (the ones he won't acknowledge), but it certainly is a more optimistic perspective than presuming Adelis has outgrown him entirely. )
You ought start charging for your time, Doctor. ( Half teasing with that "doctor." ) I feel near inclined to turn myself in to Van Zieks after taking all that for free.
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He seems to enjoy Ellis's answer. )
I think you may have some point. There are few things he values more than himself - perhaps nothing at all.
( Who he is; the things that made him the way he is today. If he considers himself part of a collection of things Adelis feels are relevant components to his identity - that he does not, necessarily, wish to lose...
Well, perhaps it doesn't see eye to eye with his own feelings (the ones he won't acknowledge), but it certainly is a more optimistic perspective than presuming Adelis has outgrown him entirely. )
You ought start charging for your time, Doctor. ( Half teasing with that "doctor." ) I feel near inclined to turn myself in to Van Zieks after taking all that for free.