I'm sorry you burned yourself the last time. Your hand, right?
[Again, he flicks at the file with the backs of his fingers as if to bat it away — this is almost turning into a game by now, really.]
If it's going to be a part of me, I'm going to have to be able to use it. That's the philosophy I'm trying to go with.
[He pauses.]
Though you'll still have to be careful, probably, around things that nobody could control themselves about. Because I probably won't be able to, either.
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[Again, he flicks at the file with the backs of his fingers as if to bat it away — this is almost turning into a game by now, really.]
If it's going to be a part of me, I'm going to have to be able to use it. That's the philosophy I'm trying to go with.
[He pauses.]
Though you'll still have to be careful, probably, around things that nobody could control themselves about. Because I probably won't be able to, either.