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[eatsfish]

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I think it's too hot to work in the conditions you do.

The topic was a bomb, I believe...

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Do you want to know what I think? You miss me back.

Oh? Is it? I thought you were the one to make the distinction that our first topic was exhausted.

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I only wanted batteries.

No, let's revisit it. I'm going to teach you. First you get potassium nitrate, charcoal, sulfer, and dextrin.

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You just used past tense.

You can't teach me over the phone, Ed.

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Typo.

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I thought Ed Nygma didn't make typos.

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I never said that.

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It's implied. I know you proofread things.

Unless you didn't. Because I embarrassed you.

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What have I got to be embarrassed about? I know I'm cute.

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You'd have to tell me, considering your attempt to change the subject directly after I said so.

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It's somewhat pathetic. I'm not sure I want to elaborate on why.

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I very much doubt pathetic is an apt descriptor.

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I think it might be.

I am the occupant of an otherwise empty space. What am I?

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It isn't. And you're wrong.

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What? I can't be wrong. You don't even know the context, Oswald.

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I can put together context clues, Ed. I know you. I know when you're wrong. It's only ever about yourself.

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You're supposed to answer it.

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Nothing.

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Incorrect.

You're the first person to say they missed me.

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Oh.

I still don't think it's pathetic. I couldn't even get by without you when you were

... not able to be around. Anyway. If you're pathetic I am as well because it didn't take me long at all to feel how empty it was without you there. If you'll excuse how cliched that sounds.

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You were getting by just fine. Everyone already loved you before I intervened. Coming to see me benefited me more than you, I always thought.

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No, I wasn't. I really wasn't at all. Nobody loved me because of who I am. It was only because I could get them things. That's why Jim Gordon paid attention to me. But then I wasn't useful anymore. I guess that's the difference between being needed and being wanted.

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Jim Gordon only pays attention when it's convenient for him. He doesn't actually care about people. And I don't have much experience in either of those areas. They replaced me so quickly. It's insulting.

People do need you. Everything truly is better with you there.

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An unfortunate lesson I paid dearly for not learning sooner. I imagine most people in his life discover as much eventually.

I hope you know I wouldn't replace you. Not for anyone or anything.

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Can I ask you something?