And the difference between Loki and Mandrake is one earned it and one hasn't. The reason why we're forgiving Loki is because even if he's a self-destructive idiot, there was all that other stuff.
I'm coming up short in the "other stuff" arena for Mandrake.
Kate, he's just as lonely and just as miserable as Loki. He doesn't know better. I'm not saying what he did is right by any stretch. I'm saying at no point has anyone ever really explained to him why it's wrong.
And he's done a lot for me. So why can't I try and get it through to him?
Because I'm worried that it might be more than him being lonely and miserable.
I just want to say ... I don't want Mandrake and Loki in the same consideration arena. You brought it up, and we know why we were ready to forgive Loki. Things are very different for Mandrake. And we don't even know if we know him.
This isn't some desperate jealousy thing, but I would really prefer spending New Year's Eve with you than not with you, and even the after-breakfast. That's just what we do.
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I'm coming up short in the "other stuff" arena for Mandrake.
So I'm a little confused.
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And he's done a lot for me. So why can't I try and get it through to him?
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I just want to say ... I don't want Mandrake and Loki in the same consideration arena. You brought it up, and we know why we were ready to forgive Loki. Things are very different for Mandrake. And we don't even know if we know him.
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You're worried it's part of who he is? That he's cruel by nature? When have you known me to want to hang out with cruel by nature?
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We all have a history of it. It's kind of our thing.
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Not a date.
Not a date.
Anyway, it's all my magic, he definitely can't hold his own.
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And if you told me it wasn't a date I would believe you.
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Of course, I wouldn't deny that it was a date, but that's beside the point!
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[She's concerned that in the absence of Teddy for so long, that he might seek something without realizing it.]
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And it's frustrating and everything, because I'm pretty sure Teddy'll never come here, but I'm not-
It's lonely. I can manage.
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["We" here implies the team.
Because it is what they do.]
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I can go for most of it. You won't mind if I take some time off and skip out as long as I come back for the ball drop and the breakfast, right?
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