[There is so much to say in response, but in the end, it is the last few things Maketh says that give Brennan pause, make her frown and shake her head.]
No. No, it is not all. Is there no one you matter to for simply existing?
[Once, she may have agreed with Maketh, but life and all her friends have taught Brennan that people matter for many reasons, that usefulness, whether emotional or practical, is not all there is to life. Brennan values people simply for being alive, but being useful is... too impersonal.
She almost missed her chance to be with Booth because of that manner of thinking, so she now disagrees firmly with it.]
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Date: 2017-11-01 11:41 pm (UTC)No. No, it is not all. Is there no one you matter to for simply existing?
[Once, she may have agreed with Maketh, but life and all her friends have taught Brennan that people matter for many reasons, that usefulness, whether emotional or practical, is not all there is to life. Brennan values people simply for being alive, but being useful is... too impersonal.
She almost missed her chance to be with Booth because of that manner of thinking, so she now disagrees firmly with it.]