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[osreborn]

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"Norman Osborn. If you're calling about a job interview, hang up now and call [ business phone number ]. Otherwise stay on the line and leave a message. I'll get back to you when I can."

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[enigmaestro]

Your discomfort.

Mission accomplished.

[osreborn]

Annoyance, not discomfort. There's a world of difference.

[enigmaestro]

You have that in common with Mitchell.

[osreborn]

I have nothing in common with Mitchell.

[enigmaestro]

Falsehood. [Blithely:] You're both men, presumably.

[osreborn]

If you want to get nitpicky.

[enigmaestro]

You're both control freaks. You're both secretive. You're both "retired" from something a little more flamboyant. You're both repressive. You're both obsessive.

You both depend on me to deliver.

[osreborn]

I don't depend. I can deliver to satisfaction without any help. Certain to my own.

Besides, he doesn't interest me.

[enigmaestro]

But does my interest in him interest you?

[osreborn]

Should it?

[enigmaestro]

Why, yes. You should find everything I do fascinating.

[osreborn]

Caring about what you do is very different from caring about the people you do it with.

Circumstances depending.

[enigmaestro]

Which are pending? Is ours?

[osreborn]

Is it ever?

[enigmaestro]

Aw, you like me.

[osreborn]

I loathe you.

[enigmaestro]

Well goodness, you needn't be so blatant about it. It almost seemed like we were coming towards a -- you know -- mutual understanding, rather.

[osreborn]

What were you expecting, Nygma? A dinner invitation? I rarely indulge.

[enigmaestro]

Nothing so formal, I assure you. I haven't even really done anything to you since the death trap -- which you absolutely ruined, mind, I ought to be angry with you.

[osreborn]

[ He laughs, though there's hostility in his tone when he speaks: ]

Are you?

I could have told you I'm not that easy to kill, Nygma. It'll take more than that to leave any scars.

[enigmaestro]

I wasn't inclined to kill you -- "death trap" is a bit of a misnomer in this case, I'll concede. I simply want to hurt you.

[osreborn]

I'm not easy to hurt, either. You'll have to try harder.

[enigmaestro]

You sound rather like a masochist, Norman. "Harder, harder"!

[osreborn]

I simply don't want to leave you with the wrong impression. You know how hard I am to impress.

[enigmaestro]

I know how hard you are, in general.