[Even back then, Kalim had been far too ready to lie to himself and others, too ready to blindly dismiss potentially deadly thoughtlessness as inconsequential. Had he really thought he could play off what he was doing so that others wouldn't notice? That they hadn't consulted doctors about his deteriorating condition?
"Sorry" isn't good enough. Denial won't change the facts of life. Kalim can't just pretend that everything would have been fine, if he had kept going without intervention, or that everything is going to be fine now. This isn't some kind of game, or a daydream they can expect to magically end in Happily Ever After. Real life requires sacrifices--but Kalim hadn't needed to be one of them back then, and he shouldn't have been one today, either.]
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[Even back then, Kalim had been far too ready to lie to himself and others, too ready to blindly dismiss potentially deadly thoughtlessness as inconsequential. Had he really thought he could play off what he was doing so that others wouldn't notice? That they hadn't consulted doctors about his deteriorating condition?
"Sorry" isn't good enough. Denial won't change the facts of life. Kalim can't just pretend that everything would have been fine, if he had kept going without intervention, or that everything is going to be fine now. This isn't some kind of game, or a daydream they can expect to magically end in Happily Ever After. Real life requires sacrifices--but Kalim hadn't needed to be one of them back then, and he shouldn't have been one today, either.]