You would know. [ kaveh says, firmly, with the truth of the world on his lips, ] If you were loved, you would know.
[ it goes a little like this - the hypothesis:
the counterpoint:
a socratic dialogue in tandem. kaveh does it with the still-brimming shadow of alhaitham in the back of his mind. he says, aloud: ]
You are remarkable, Daan.
I have a hypothesis. My hypothesis has always been that the love that a child experiences first in their life is the love that sets. If the nature of that love is unreliable, then so does the child learn that the nature of love is to be unreliable. But here you are, presenting a counterpoint with your entire being. Despite not having been loved, you love as if you have always known it.
[ kaveh looks. ] Here is another perspective: despite all that you went through, there has to be something fundamentally right about you, for being able to love.
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[ it goes a little like this - the hypothesis:
the counterpoint:
a socratic dialogue in tandem. kaveh does it with the still-brimming shadow of alhaitham in the back of his mind. he says, aloud: ]
You are remarkable, Daan.
I have a hypothesis. My hypothesis has always been that the love that a child experiences first in their life is the love that sets. If the nature of that love is unreliable, then so does the child learn that the nature of love is to be unreliable. But here you are, presenting a counterpoint with your entire being. Despite not having been loved, you love as if you have always known it.
[ kaveh looks. ] Here is another perspective: despite all that you went through, there has to be something fundamentally right about you, for being able to love.