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“You're just selfish,” she says. “Go fuck yourself,” he says quietly. “You said you'd be nice.” “I'm not selfish.” “Sure you are. You love everything for as long as it's easy then as soon as you have to actually empathise with another human being you get claustrophobic.”

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