(It’s hard, now, to look back and not see that Mark beat him at his own game as well, a shrewd and calculating businessman, friendship be damned. The understanding, universal as it is, stings his perfectionist soul: there’s always someone better.) <--- Something about this hit me particularly hard - just fantastic!
Seeing his friendship with Mark boiled down to that number, that Mark didn’t value him at thirty percent or thirty-five percent, that he was worth less than one percent of this stupid project that was his best friend’s life, it stuck with him for a long time. <--- This too. Wow. Just. Wow.
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(It’s hard, now, to look back and not see that Mark beat him at his own game as well, a shrewd and calculating businessman, friendship be damned. The understanding, universal as it is, stings his perfectionist soul: there’s always someone better.) <--- Something about this hit me particularly hard - just fantastic!
Seeing his friendship with Mark boiled down to that number, that Mark didn’t value him at thirty percent or thirty-five percent, that he was worth less than one percent of this stupid project that was his best friend’s life, it stuck with him for a long time. <--- This too. Wow. Just. Wow.
*scurries to next part*