I'm sorry, do you think the rest of us don't dissociate? I spent at least five minutes staring at our hot water dispenser yesterday.
[ Maybe that's too direct and too honest, but Harold is not in possession of an abundance of patience right now. He refuses to believe Accelerator is that characteristically different from a standard human being, or at least not in any way that matters, but he has the sense not to open that can of worms. ]
Some of us just have much more dire consequences to losing control than others.
[ Harold sounds perfectly frank. He's had to accept recently that he's one of them, something he'd spent years twisting himself into knots to avoid, but he's there now. And it is true that some people and some entities, like the Machine, can only afford an incredibly small margin for error. ]
no subject
[ Maybe that's too direct and too honest, but Harold is not in possession of an abundance of patience right now. He refuses to believe Accelerator is that characteristically different from a standard human being, or at least not in any way that matters, but he has the sense not to open that can of worms. ]
Some of us just have much more dire consequences to losing control than others.
[ Harold sounds perfectly frank. He's had to accept recently that he's one of them, something he'd spent years twisting himself into knots to avoid, but he's there now. And it is true that some people and some entities, like the Machine, can only afford an incredibly small margin for error. ]