Vincent: They project onto you their flaws, what they don't like about themselves. I had a father like that.
Max: Mothers are worse.
Vincent: Wouldn't know. My mother died before I remember her.
Max: What about your father?
Vincent: Hated everything I did. Got drunk, beat me up. In and out of foster homes, that kinda thing.
Max: And then?
Vincent: I killed him. I was twelve.
[Pauses, then laughs]
Vincent: I'm kidding. He died of liver disease.
Max: Well, I'm sorry.
Vincent: No, you're not.
Max: Mothers are worse.
Vincent: Wouldn't know. My mother died before I remember her.
Max: What about your father?
Vincent: Hated everything I did. Got drunk, beat me up. In and out of foster homes, that kinda thing.
Max: And then?
Vincent: I killed him. I was twelve.
[Pauses, then laughs]
Vincent: I'm kidding. He died of liver disease.
Max: Well, I'm sorry.
Vincent: No, you're not.
Vincent : They project onto you their flaws, what they don't like about themselves. I had a father like that.
Max : Mothers are worse.
Vincent : Wouldn't know. My mother died before I remember her.
Max : What about your father?
Vincent : Hated everything I did. Got drunk, beat me up. In and out of foster homes, that kinda thing.
Max : And then?
Vincent : I killed him. I was twelve.
[Pauses, then laughs]
Vincent : I'm kidding. He died of liver disease.
Max : Well, I'm sorry.
Vincent : No, you're not.
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