"Listen to me, please, just fucking listen!"
"Why--wh--why why would I? Do you have any idea what carrying that kind of pain is like?"
"Daughter, I do. More than you could ever know. But he did this--it isn't your fault."
"Not my fault? Like it fucking matters! I'm my father's daughter--this--this fucking disgusting offspring that I just--just, just just I can't..."
"But you are also your mother's daughter. My sweet, sweet baby girl."
"Momma, I just--What the fuck am I gonna do, huh? I'm always going to be looked at by people out there for who he made me."
"No. I won't let that happen. Your uncle Romy won't let that happen. Hell, even T, my darling, T will help guide you."
"I shouldn't be here! I don't want to be here! I told you I didn't ask for this!"
"Why--wh--why why would I? Do you have any idea what carrying that kind of pain is like?"
"Daughter, I do. More than you could ever know. But he did this--it isn't your fault."
"Not my fault? Like it fucking matters! I'm my father's daughter--this--this fucking disgusting offspring that I just--just, just just I can't..."
"But you are also your mother's daughter. My sweet, sweet baby girl."
"Momma, I just--What the fuck am I gonna do, huh? I'm always going to be looked at by people out there for who he made me."
"No. I won't let that happen. Your uncle Romy won't let that happen. Hell, even T, my darling, T will help guide you."
"I shouldn't be here! I don't want to be here! I told you I didn't ask for this!"
"No one ever asks for this--no one ever wishes they be what we are. It just simply happens, Jane, my darling. So I need you to just pull your boots by their bootstraps and carry on with me, please. I am begging you--don't grow bitter and angry and with your heart full of so much hate that it's the only thing that keeps you going. I want you to be better-- I need you to come with me. We have to go see Doc."
"Ha-haaa! Like fucking therapy ever did anything for you, Momma!"
"Well, you don't have a choice-- and you are going to come with me, because I'm going to tell you right fucking now, what comes next? What you're going to see your Uncle Romy and I do to your father? You're going to need the fucking therapy session."
"What--what does that fucking mean? I thought--"
"We have him. Your dad. We have J. And you're not going to like it--but I need you to be strong."
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"Ha-haaa! Like fucking therapy ever did anything for you, Momma!"
"Well, you don't have a choice-- and you are going to come with me, because I'm going to tell you right fucking now, what comes next? What you're going to see your Uncle Romy and I do to your father? You're going to need the fucking therapy session."
"What--what does that fucking mean? I thought--"
"We have him. Your dad. We have J. And you're not going to like it--but I need you to be strong."
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Doc's Office, Months Later
"H0w d1d th4t m4k3 y0u f33l, J4n3?"
"How the fuck do you think? That's kind of a stupid fucking question, isn't it, Gramps?"
"J4n3, pl3453... 1 n33d y0u t0 c00p3r4t3."
"Okay, okay okayyyy fine, fuck! It made me feel fucking good, okay? Is that what you wanna hear? It felt great to beat the living shit out of my own father? That I enjoyed sticking those bamboo sticks under his fingernails? That I indulged in watching his tears mix with his own blood and sweat? I swear to fuck, Doc, they all say I need therapy and that I'm the crazy one, but honestly if this is the kind of shit that gets you off, you're more fucked up than I am."
"H0w d1d th4t m4k3 y0u f33l, J4n3?"
"How the fuck do you think? That's kind of a stupid fucking question, isn't it, Gramps?"
"J4n3, pl3453... 1 n33d y0u t0 c00p3r4t3."
"Okay, okay okayyyy fine, fuck! It made me feel fucking good, okay? Is that what you wanna hear? It felt great to beat the living shit out of my own father? That I enjoyed sticking those bamboo sticks under his fingernails? That I indulged in watching his tears mix with his own blood and sweat? I swear to fuck, Doc, they all say I need therapy and that I'm the crazy one, but honestly if this is the kind of shit that gets you off, you're more fucked up than I am."
"1 4m h3r3 t0 h3lp y0u, th4t 15 4ll."
"Look, can you just fucking give me my pills and get me on my way? I'm fucking bored."
"N0t y3t."
"Why the fuck not? Ughhhh come on! I need to meet with Happy. Babydoll and him have to go play hide and seek. And Happy just made this whole new room with lots of cool shit in it, like an escape room and shit! It's sick."
"Th3 ch1ld c4n w41t, w3 4r3n't f1n1sh3d h3r3. H0w 15 R0m4n d34l1ng w1th y0u h3lp1ng h1m?
"How do you fucking think? He loves it. He feels teaching me gives him a sense of purpose or whatever the fuck."
"4nd y0ur 515t3r M4z1k33n?"
"Look, can you just fucking give me my pills and get me on my way? I'm fucking bored."
"N0t y3t."
"Why the fuck not? Ughhhh come on! I need to meet with Happy. Babydoll and him have to go play hide and seek. And Happy just made this whole new room with lots of cool shit in it, like an escape room and shit! It's sick."
"Th3 ch1ld c4n w41t, w3 4r3n't f1n1sh3d h3r3. H0w 15 R0m4n d34l1ng w1th y0u h3lp1ng h1m?
"How do you fucking think? He loves it. He feels teaching me gives him a sense of purpose or whatever the fuck."
"4nd y0ur 515t3r M4z1k33n?"
"Ha-haaaa! Again, stupid question. She hates it. She's jealous that Uncle Romy is hanging out with me more than her. I mean, shit, Doc..."
"4nd C455?"
"Momma is doing her own thing, Doc, you know this... She's too busy out there in the world with new friends and shit. I see her from time to time...when she's not partying like she's a fucking teenager..."
"W3 4ll c4rry p41n d1ff3r3ntly."
"Oh yeah? Ha-haa! And how exactly do you fucking carry it? You don't leave this fucking office anymore? And why haven't I met some of the others, huh? Where the fuck are they? They think they can just run away and not deal with this or what? Heard one of them is a fucking minotaur or some shit? Like that's pretty badass, Doc."
"F0cu5."
"Nah, fuck this, I'm out... give me my pills so I can fucking move on, ya?"
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