She laughed a little as he tickled her, squirming gently against his side.
"Honestly, I'm a little uncertain in my diagnosis," she said. "You're not a traditional sociopath, because you're way too focused and deliberate, and you were far too successful as a surgeon. But...I don't think you're fully a psychopath either, because psychopaths don't feel emotion, and...I think you do."
Did he feel anything for her? That was the question that she left unasked. This thing they had was so strange, but Joan wanted to be with him, partially out of an almost perverse sort of curiosity, but also because of that deep sense of connection she felt. Even though she was savvy enough to know that it was entirely possible he did not feel it in return. But she believed he did.
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Date: 2020-02-26 05:11 am (UTC)"Honestly, I'm a little uncertain in my diagnosis," she said. "You're not a traditional sociopath, because you're way too focused and deliberate, and you were far too successful as a surgeon. But...I don't think you're fully a psychopath either, because psychopaths don't feel emotion, and...I think you do."
Did he feel anything for her? That was the question that she left unasked. This thing they had was so strange, but Joan wanted to be with him, partially out of an almost perverse sort of curiosity, but also because of that deep sense of connection she felt. Even though she was savvy enough to know that it was entirely possible he did not feel it in return. But she believed he did.