Ouch. Gutshot.

Portrait of dysfunction and then some. Could probably use a mature tag on it. I’m on the fence on the repetition of ‘told’ with the implied subject. It works for the character voice and mood, so I think I’m just in a grammar nit-picky mood. Overall, it really expresses the sort of self-loathing and limited self-awareness of a damaged soul and how it factors into relationships.