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After the movie, we head to an Italian place I still don’t knohat to do with the flowers, and wish I’d never asked for theain about how school is going, and I give hihim Mystery Man

"I hope that’s not how you think of me," he says

"Well, you have to aduy I mean, person"

"Like what?"

"Like why you are the way you are? Like where you cos you do?"

"Yeah," he says, "but don’t we all have those same mysteries? Maybe not where you came from--but do you really knohy you are the way you are? Or why you do the things you do? I don’t knohy I was born this way--but you don’t knohy you were born your way, either We’re all in the dark It’s just that my dark is a little more unusual than yours For all we know"

"But there’s more about me that’s explainable You have to ad for explanations for every single thing I can’t do that I’s just be what they are I don’t need to knohy"

"But you have to be curious! I’ to work, I need you to take it at face value"

"Face value? Really?"

"Okay Bad choice of words Inside value Soul value Self value Whatever you want to call it"

"What do you call it? What do you think you are?"

"I’o into other people for a day But I’m still a person"

Chastised I feel like I’ve disappointed him I’ve fallen into the same trap as everyone else I haven’t understood

We stop talking to eat But I can’t help watching hi

"It’s just that…I can’t see you inside Usually I can Soht"

I’m not sure if this is his fault or ed in on both ends, and ht

"I promise I’m in here," he says