Ψ Voice Ψ

[phobic]

I'm in the market for an assistant. Someone with steady hands who knows how to read aloud. You wouldn't believe how many people I'm surrounded by who have, at the most, a third grade education.

Yes, I'll pay - an hourly, twice minimum wage rate. And it's not physically demanding work.

Bats need not apply.

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voice

[phobic]

[sounding a fraction hurt] He's an angry young man. That sort of outburst is something I expect from him.

[now slightly more wheedling, suddenly realizing threats aren't working] We both have better battles to pick, don't we?

voice

[enigmaestro]

Really? And what, I wonder, are yours?

voice

[phobic]

They could very well be the same as yours.

But unlike a mutual friend, you've gone too long without your greatest temptation.

voice

[enigmaestro]

Maybe I'm simply more enduring.

voice

[phobic]

We both know you're still that close to the precipice.

If you start pushing me, I'll start pushing you.

voice

[enigmaestro]

I would expect nothing less.

voice

[phobic]

This can't possibly be a case of briar patching, now, can it?