If I'd Never Met You

“Oftentimes I wish I’d never met you.”
“Oftentimes I’d agree.”

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“Sometimes I wish this war would
end.”
“Only sometimes?”
“It keeps the madness at bay.”
“Ah.”

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“I’ll kill you if I see you on the
battlefield.”
“I know.”
“You don’t mind?”
“Why would I?”

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“There was another lost today.”
“KIA?”
“Suicide.”

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“We’re not as different as I’d like to
think.”
“We’re not as different as anyone’d
like to think.”
“So why do we fight?”
“Because I am me and you are
you.”

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“I hate you.”
“Believe me, the feeling’s mutual.”
“Oh, I do.”

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“Is there any particular reason you
keep coming to see me?”
“Who says I’m coming to see you?”
“The fact that you’re here.”
“Maybe I just like the view.”
“We’re staring at a rock.”

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“I’m angry at you.”
“When aren’t you?”
“I’m serious.”
“What happened?”
“You killed them.”
“Yes.”
“My family.”
“I know.”

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“I got married yesterday.”
“No honeymoon?”
“No.”
“There a reason?”
“Not particularly.”

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“I don’t like fighting.”
“I thought you said it keeps the
madness at bay.”
“It does.”

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“I got assigned a ship.”
“You’re a captain?”
“Admiral, actually.”
“That’s nice.”
“Won’t be able to sneak off.”
“Never mind, that sucks.”
“My point.”

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“We’re not in love.”
“Then what is this, exactly?”
“Extreme hate.”

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“I’m leaving tomorrow.”
“I’ll see you when you get back.”
“If.”
“When.”

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“You’re back.”
“I am.”
“See? When.”
“Do you never forget things?”
“Never.”

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“What’s on your mind?”
“Your wife divorce you yet?”
“Why would she do that?”
“You’re an idiot who is having
an affair with an officer from the
other side.”
“I wouldn’t call this an affair.”
“Don’t change the subject.”
“No, she hasn’t.”

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“Anything new?”
“I hear our leaders are going to sign
a peace treaty.”
“I heard that last year.”
“Never hurts to hope.”
“Yes it does.”

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“Oftentimes I wish I’d never met
you.”
“Oftentimes I’d agree.”