[What Peter would really like to do is get a hold of this mythical other him, who seems to have warmed the cockles of even the hardest hearts, and ask what it's like to live in Bizarroland.
Not even facetiously, though the thought might be coming to him now out of bile and envy. Peter sets the blackglass aside for a moment. Fumes.
But mostly puzzles over how to end this conversation without addressing a single thing the man's said, because he's not sure how to keep a hold on his ire when the guy's...tossing out accolades. Applauding this other Peter's character.
It's not fair, he thinks for the umpteenth time, then grabs the blackglass again.]
FROM: parker.peter@cdc.org
you did. it's fine. no one here is the same person
FROM: parker.peter@cdc.org
i'm not letting this happen again, trust me on that much at least
NO!!!!!!! SLAMS DOOR ON THE WAY OUT
Not even facetiously, though the thought might be coming to him now out of bile and envy. Peter sets the blackglass aside for a moment. Fumes.
But mostly puzzles over how to end this conversation without addressing a single thing the man's said, because he's not sure how to keep a hold on his ire when the guy's...tossing out accolades. Applauding this other Peter's character.
It's not fair, he thinks for the umpteenth time, then grabs the blackglass again.]
FROM: parker.peter@cdc.org
you did. it's fine. no one here is the same person
FROM: parker.peter@cdc.org
i'm not letting this happen again, trust me on that much at least
FROM: parker.peter@cdc.org