"No, for goodness sake," he says with a genuine huff of annoyance. "Offering you music is about something... you might enjoy. Ice cream is the same. There's nothing intrinsically human... about ice cream. Or rock and roll. Or anything else. We're literally just... offering you things... because we think you might like them."
A sigh.
"I understand where you got the idea... that any sort of... stimulus or gift was tied with a lesson. It's not rocket science. It's just not the case."
He will bow to the request, as he's indicating, since the words just appear in his mind. But that seems to be all he needs to say for the moment. He's just going to listen to the music.
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"No, for goodness sake," he says with a genuine huff of annoyance. "Offering you music is about something... you might enjoy. Ice cream is the same. There's nothing intrinsically human... about ice cream. Or rock and roll. Or anything else. We're literally just... offering you things... because we think you might like them."
A sigh.
"I understand where you got the idea... that any sort of... stimulus or gift was tied with a lesson. It's not rocket science. It's just not the case."
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"I didn't get gifts, Jon. My birthday and Christmas, yes. From family. But after? Every gift came with a catch."
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"I realize that. Which is why I'm telling you: there's no catch, at least from me. I doubt there's one from Trixie. I can't speak for anyone else."
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"But I hope you don't expect the same in return. I don't have anything to give you."
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"I do what I'm doing because I want to. Not because I expect anything from it."
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He takes a deep breath and turns the music back on. "Stop talking," he says, actually attempting to not be unkind.
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He will bow to the request, as he's indicating, since the words just appear in his mind. But that seems to be all he needs to say for the moment. He's just going to listen to the music.