//Please state your name.//
[[Ares->second]]. Born •••••• •••••• ••••••.
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38. June [[2nd->third]].//Please state your gender identity.//
Depends on who you [[ask->fourth]].//Please state your occupation.//
[[Unemployed->fifth]].//What were you doing before unemployment?//
[[Acting->sixth]], mostly.
//Why did you quit?//
Became a mirror for everyone to look into. It's just a little bit unpleasant to have reflections [[forced on me->seventh]].
//Any relatives?//
[[None->eighth]] that are in my life.//[[Our records->ninth]] say you have parents and a brother.//
...Did you even hear what I said? I haven't seen them in 20 years. They're branches on a genealogical tree, [[nothing more->tenth]].
Mind if I smoke?
//[[No.->eleventh]]//*Ares lights a cigarette and takes a drag* [[twelfth]]*Ares exhales the smoke* [[thirteenth]]//Why do you always have cigarettes on yourself?//
To remind me of what I [[don't have->fourteenth]] anymore.//Our records say you had a partner.//
Yes.
//Are you still in contact with him?//
[[Yes->fifteenth]].
//What is the status of your relationship?//
Asymptotic.
Besides that, [[friends->sixteenth]].
//Our records say your first relationship was quite tumultuous.//
[[…->seventeenth]]
[[...->eighteenth]][[…Yes.->nineteenth]]
//Could you explain [[what happened?->twenteenth]]//…A bonfire that went out of control.
It devoured [[both of us.->twenty first]]
There was [[nothing but->twenty second]] cold embers left.//Do you [[regret->twenty third]] it?//Why are you asking [[me->twenty fourth]]?//Our records say there's a [[deep longing->twenty fifth]] inside of you.//
...//Our records say it's [[mutual.->twenty sixth]]//
Bullshit.//Our records say—//
Bullshit. It's all fucking bullshit. Who are you to even tell me [[how I feel?->twenty seventh]]//Our records say you have a tendency to lie to [[yourself.->twenty eighth]]////Our records say you have a tendency to protect [[your ego->twenty ninth]] that way.////Our records say you cannot accept that you miss him—//
[[Yes.->thirtieth]]Yes, I [[miss him->thirty first]]. Does that matter? Does that genuinely fucking matter? What do you suggest I do? Just [[come up to him->thirty first]] and say "oh I [[miss you->thirty first]] so much let's date again please"? Do you not understand that not every story should have a happy [[ending?->thirty second]]//Our records say [[you->thirty third]] experience hypervigilance, fears of abandonment, anhedonia, overwhelming feelings of shame and hopelessness, mood swings, identity instability, self-destructive behaviors, emotional detachment, feelings of emptiness, and constant negative thoughts and feelings about yourself, your relationships and the world. Do [[you->thirty third]] think this might be affecting how [[you->thirty third]] feel about [[your->thirty third]] relationship with him?//[[...->thirty fourth]]//Please describe [[yourself->thirty fifth]].//
...[[I'm…->thirty sixth]][[…the mirror-like surface of a bursting river, rippling and distorting.->thirty seventh]]
//Please describe [[yourself->thirty seventh]].//[[I'm a hungry bonfire, desperate for fuel.->thirty eighth]]
//Please describe [[yourself->thirty eighth]].//[[I'm a rusty music box with a ripped off crank, singing no longer.->am I?]]
//[[Is that all that I am?->am I?]]//[[It's all->fin]]spilled milk, [[anyway.->finfin]]fin.