Re: Call: Mal/alex
[He doesn't cry.] You're not allowed to feel sorry for me. I don't...like it. [He swallows, trying to decide how to phrase it.] It changes what people think about me. Or I always think it will. It must. People think what I do is all about that and it isn't. They think what I eat for breakfast and what I say, how I act is all about that. It was. [He surprises himself, and pauses for a moment.] It was for a while. But it isn't anymore.