[Twirling her hair idly.] Easy for you to dismiss games. My life ended because I lost one. Wrong logic. 'Even if you join us, there are only seventeen people on this island.' Now that I know the answer it's so lame! It was so obvious and I never listened to the right details!
[Erika holds up a finger.] But 'good.' Eighty-four points. That's how many points I had to say he was cheating on me. Six points. Six points to say he wasn't. Seventy-eight points if you allow the six to cancel each other out. [Smiling to herself.] Someone...who is a much better person than me tried to counter every point. I won by a landslide. But I lost on one point. All my evidence was for cheating. The evidence I discarded, the evidence that said he was in love with me...that list didn't seem to end. Until he ended it.
[Turning back to him.] It's really hard for humans. Without a way to promise truth, there's only doubt, right? That's a lie, too. There's a lot of truths out there. I went all over the world condemning culprits without giving a damn as long as I could narrow everything to a single truth. [Shutting her eyes.] But I'd rather see a thousand truths than live by one again. Whatever you believe about my feelings for you don't change my truth. I've...admitted that truth now. It's mine, no matter what. I won't let you deny my truth.
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[Erika holds up a finger.] But 'good.' Eighty-four points. That's how many points I had to say he was cheating on me. Six points. Six points to say he wasn't. Seventy-eight points if you allow the six to cancel each other out. [Smiling to herself.] Someone...who is a much better person than me tried to counter every point. I won by a landslide. But I lost on one point. All my evidence was for cheating. The evidence I discarded, the evidence that said he was in love with me...that list didn't seem to end. Until he ended it.
[Turning back to him.] It's really hard for humans. Without a way to promise truth, there's only doubt, right? That's a lie, too. There's a lot of truths out there. I went all over the world condemning culprits without giving a damn as long as I could narrow everything to a single truth. [Shutting her eyes.] But I'd rather see a thousand truths than live by one again. Whatever you believe about my feelings for you don't change my truth. I've...admitted that truth now. It's mine, no matter what. I won't let you deny my truth.