>>9122"And where exactly have all those years been wasted, oh wait, in shadow, pretending to be someone else, pretending to have importance where none exists?" I hissed, taking another step closer until our noses almost touched.
>>9124"Well, I'm not everybody," i retorted, "in fact, i think they're all incompetent fools dancing around the point - take your pick - and i'm surely not interested in letting them burrow further into my skin."
>>9121"Yes, vigilance is pointless, but largely ineffective, and i know i certainly am not watching anybody, at least NOT for the reasons they think," i said, my voice low and deadly.
>>9125"No, it's not a game of ping-pong at all, quite literally everyone here is watching and comparing themselves to others," i declared, taking a step closer with my eyes locked onto theirs.