[ Another little angle of his head that suggests polite irony, echoed in his voice. ]
I ... was talking about catharsis, but I'm sure you're right about that.
[ Since Henry has moved them forward in the conversation, however. ]
I think perhaps — and I understand why — Hartley has built me up as a greater adversary than I am in reality. [ Wells sets his coffee down absentmindedly. ] I destroyed his life and he can't yet see a way to destroy mine. There is nothing else that will satisfy him.
Which is justifiable, I think.
[ In the calm of him discussing his own hypothetical destruction, whatever that would entail, Wells seems to be contemplating something else other than Henry or the rest of the coffee shop. A not yet existent future. ]
Except that I owe much to many other people in this city than him. [ A little grimace now, quick and passing immediately into a renewal of his attention on Henry. ] One of them is the Flash.
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I ... was talking about catharsis, but I'm sure you're right about that.
[ Since Henry has moved them forward in the conversation, however. ]
I think perhaps — and I understand why — Hartley has built me up as a greater adversary than I am in reality. [ Wells sets his coffee down absentmindedly. ] I destroyed his life and he can't yet see a way to destroy mine. There is nothing else that will satisfy him.
Which is justifiable, I think.
[ In the calm of him discussing his own hypothetical destruction, whatever that would entail, Wells seems to be contemplating something else other than Henry or the rest of the coffee shop. A not yet existent future. ]
Except that I owe much to many other people in this city than him. [ A little grimace now, quick and passing immediately into a renewal of his attention on Henry. ] One of them is the Flash.