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[enigmaestro]

You're a man of commitment?

[osreborn]

Are you?

[enigmaestro]

I've been committed.

But then, so have you.

[osreborn]

That's a separate question.

[enigmaestro]

Is it? They aren't the same to you?

[osreborn]

Not really.

[enigmaestro]

You're clearly annoyed, and yet you're still answering me.

Which form of commitment is this?

[osreborn]

This one right here?

Commitment to getting in the last word, I suppose.

[enigmaestro]

You'll be made a cheater.

[osreborn]

I don't think so.

[enigmaestro]

But you wouldn't, would you?

[osreborn]

Why not?

[enigmaestro]

Because you're an obstinate psychopath.

[osreborn]

I think about quite a lot of things, Nygma.

[enigmaestro]

Like what? I want an annotated list.

[osreborn]

I don't see that happening.

[enigmaestro]

And why not?

[osreborn]

What on earth would be in it for me?

[enigmaestro]

I'll listen to you? Over something?

[osreborn]

Oh no. Much more than that.

[enigmaestro]

What do you want? A worded compliment?

[osreborn]

What else have you to offer?

[enigmaestro]

Something of equal or lesser value.

A list.

[osreborn]

Equal or greater.

But really, is this productive?

[enigmaestro]

Of course it isn't. That's why you're all the more fascinated.

Name the subject. You're allowed one change that loses its value before the list is produced.