[There are several ways that Paul could approach this information, which hits him between the eyes like an axe and fills the resulting gap with so much soft pudding, and what he lands on, in all its absurdity, requires a drastic measure on his part:
Textual emphasis.]
How wouldn't you?
[It's simply no contest, but -]
Hypothetically.
I'd say that one major advantage a person would have in this arena would be the facts of being alive, accessible, and not committed to the undying mission of killing God.
Did she even speak? Another point in favor of the other suitor, if not.
[ Gideon flops down on her pillow, because she isn't technically alive, hates talking about her feelings, and was created specifically to kill God! Fuck this!!! ]
she doesnt i dont think but i mean have you heard me talk i mean yeah i got a way with words but its not
[So they're abandoning the pretense altogether. That makes things very slightly simpler, which is for the best, because a situation that already had seemed complex has become dramatically fraught.]
No one has her way with words.
What matters is that you can speak to her. You're present, not locked away in a tomb in another universe.
no subject
Textual emphasis.]
How wouldn't you?
[It's simply no contest, but -]
Hypothetically.
I'd say that one major advantage a person would have in this arena would be the facts of being alive, accessible, and not committed to the undying mission of killing God.
Did she even speak? Another point in favor of the other suitor, if not.
no subject
she doesnt i dont think
but i mean have you heard me talk
i mean yeah i got a way with words but its not
you know
harrows way with words
no subject
No one has her way with words.
What matters is that you can speak to her. You're present, not locked away in a tomb in another universe.