If Leonard had anything nearby besides water, he would have plunged his fist through it. As it is, he clenches his hands. His teeth grit against one another briefly.
"'Chasing ghosts'," he echoes sarcastically. "I don't miss your subtext, you know. Doing my utmost to fix the failures of the past make me a piece of shit?"
He moves toward Washington now. The swelling buds are giving him worse pain, but he can't ignore his blinding anger.
"Failure is unacceptable," he says. "If I had stopped—"
The interesting thing about lies is someone can sometimes lie to themselves as effectively as they can lie to others. Leonard believes what he's in the middle of saying, but it is a lie nonetheless.
"—if I had stopped, it would have been worse than not continuing."
Three or four buds begin to open. Leonard lets out a cry and searches them out with his fingers and plucks them...but he ends up back on his knees.
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"'Chasing ghosts'," he echoes sarcastically. "I don't miss your subtext, you know. Doing my utmost to fix the failures of the past make me a piece of shit?"
He moves toward Washington now. The swelling buds are giving him worse pain, but he can't ignore his blinding anger.
"Failure is unacceptable," he says. "If I had stopped—"
The interesting thing about lies is someone can sometimes lie to themselves as effectively as they can lie to others. Leonard believes what he's in the middle of saying, but it is a lie nonetheless.
"—if I had stopped, it would have been worse than not continuing."
Three or four buds begin to open. Leonard lets out a cry and searches them out with his fingers and plucks them...but he ends up back on his knees.