[He pushes himself to his feet, more relaxed now than he had been the first time she'd shown her confusion at his name. Perhaps come to grips with the blow it lands to his significant amount of pride, despite his efforts over the years to be the ever detached and ever untouchable Pan.]
The difference is, I already am who I want to be and there's no one else who could contend. Anyone named after my story is named after me.
[Hairsplitting, it's true, and not even completely accurate the way he tells it. Brittany is technically right--there had been another Peter Pan before he'd taken the identity, someone small and innocent who had given him the name. For that reason, Peter can't be angry. At the start of things, he hadn't been the genuine article any more than some air-headed girl grasping at someone else's coattails.]
Eventually you'll come to understand this. Repetition may be good for you. But it seems to me you're not quite there yet.
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The difference is, I already am who I want to be and there's no one else who could contend. Anyone named after my story is named after me.
[Hairsplitting, it's true, and not even completely accurate the way he tells it. Brittany is technically right--there had been another Peter Pan before he'd taken the identity, someone small and innocent who had given him the name. For that reason, Peter can't be angry. At the start of things, he hadn't been the genuine article any more than some air-headed girl grasping at someone else's coattails.]
Eventually you'll come to understand this. Repetition may be good for you. But it seems to me you're not quite there yet.