I never...I never tried to manipulate people emotionally, is the thing. I wasn't really a person, so I didn't have the leverage. There was nothing there worth listening to or caring about. I just...put the right people in situations where I knew they'd do the thing I needed.
[She starts mixing a few other icing ingredients into the now-melted chocolate.]
Which had some nasty consequences. But they all made their choices; I didn't change anybody. Not even in the insidious pressure and influence and seeming care way.
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I never...I never tried to manipulate people emotionally, is the thing. I wasn't really a person, so I didn't have the leverage. There was nothing there worth listening to or caring about. I just...put the right people in situations where I knew they'd do the thing I needed.
[She starts mixing a few other icing ingredients into the now-melted chocolate.]
Which had some nasty consequences. But they all made their choices; I didn't change anybody. Not even in the insidious pressure and influence and seeming care way.