[It isn't the worst of him, but Connor doesn't say that. Let Dave think that the worst he has is a shitty family.]
Once, the moon had two princes. "Ah," said each prince when they woke in the morning, "I wish I had someone to be with." Each prince thought he was absolutely alone in the whole universe, in the vast and incomprehensible loneliness of space.
[This is one of the times that Connor is choosing to put emotion in his voice. Dave's probably heard him take this tone before when he reads, soft and lilting like a lullaby. This story might also sound vaguely familiar to Dave: it loosely correlates to a picture book Connor made Ricky only there weren't any words in the book. Just illustrations.]
Each day the princes would wish on a star for someone to be with. They wished and wished and wished until one day, their wishes came true. For one brief moment, it seemed like everything they ever wanted but they encountered a problem.
The prince of the dark side of the moon was blinded by the prince of the bright side of the moon's mere presence. "Oh," the dark prince said, "I cannot be with you. You're too flashy for me." The bright prince was saddened by this but let the dark prince go.
One day, something miraculous happened: an eclipse. "Do you still," the bright prince said, "find me too flashy?" "No," the dark prince said. The two talked until the eclipse was over and even afterward found that they could ease the loneliness of thinking that you're alone in the world. Sometimes, even though it may not seem it at first, people can be be brought together.
[Is. Is this an allegory? Is this an actual-ass fucking thing that happened to Connor, wrapped up in fairytale language? That's a good question, but the answer is extremely unclear.]
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Once, the moon had two princes. "Ah," said each prince when they woke in the morning, "I wish I had someone to be with." Each prince thought he was absolutely alone in the whole universe, in the vast and incomprehensible loneliness of space.
[This is one of the times that Connor is choosing to put emotion in his voice. Dave's probably heard him take this tone before when he reads, soft and lilting like a lullaby. This story might also sound vaguely familiar to Dave: it loosely correlates to a picture book Connor made Ricky only there weren't any words in the book. Just illustrations.]
Each day the princes would wish on a star for someone to be with. They wished and wished and wished until one day, their wishes came true. For one brief moment, it seemed like everything they ever wanted but they encountered a problem.
The prince of the dark side of the moon was blinded by the prince of the bright side of the moon's mere presence. "Oh," the dark prince said, "I cannot be with you. You're too flashy for me." The bright prince was saddened by this but let the dark prince go.
One day, something miraculous happened: an eclipse. "Do you still," the bright prince said, "find me too flashy?" "No," the dark prince said. The two talked until the eclipse was over and even afterward found that they could ease the loneliness of thinking that you're alone in the world. Sometimes, even though it may not seem it at first, people can be be brought together.
[Is. Is this an allegory? Is this an actual-ass fucking thing that happened to Connor, wrapped up in fairytale language? That's a good question, but the answer is extremely unclear.]