displacement of reasoning - Underscores

What did you do?

Gave him a nightmare

I can’t believe you, now they won’t listen to me

Oh well, maybe that’s for the best

What are you talking about?

You were really going to force him to make the biggest decision of his entire

life, one that would impact every single part of his existence, without even

consulting with me?

Well you would—you would shut it down

Of course I would shut it down, do you know how stupid an idea that is?

This isn’t working

No, it’s not