Get your hearing checked, then. For fuck's sake, do you think I bring this sort of shit up to just rile you up after the bull I just went through?

[He is stupid, but please, he is trying not to be THAT stupid.

He holds up his singular hand, one finger at a time.]

First, if I was fed up and needed you to leave me the fuck alone, I would have said so.

Second, sometimes it takes a hypocrite to know one, so if you're about to start on some batshit line of talk of how you'll make it worse just by answering questions, then stuff it. The only person deciding that you're doing it all wrong is yourself.

[He hesitates before continuing.]

Look. Do you want to turn into a miserable shit like me, or do you want to actually get your life back?