I'm here now, who wants what?

Take my words for it Bates, she's fine. This is what I've been doing for 10 years and we never had a problem unitl you got involved. I'm doing just fine at keeping it all together.
I think it's time you stopped talking to him too.
David.

You want me to delete it, just ask. Don't feed me self-rightous #######4, Dave. If your whole world fell apart because of big bad Bates, clearly you aren't as strong as you think. I think it's time you actually made things better, not just barely break even.

Edit: I took it out of the post. Maybe you should do the same, since you're so concerned.

If I'm not that strong then how have I managed to seize control of the system? I've been out of three days and I'm not going anywhere. I have been living Catey's life more successfully than she has ever been able to. You don't scare me Bates, you're just an annoying little boy with a bee in his bonnet.
David.

So IS Catey coming back? This sounds like a hostile takeover. David, it's not your body, you don't have the right to do that.

You're just so proud of yourself. You could have been helping Catey get stronger, instead you wait for her to reach her weakest and do this. Brag some more, you rotten bastard.

Maybe she's coming back, maybe she isn't. That's really for me to know and for you to...not.
Not my body? I've been in here for 11 years and you think I have no right to this body? ###$ yourself, Bates, I have every right to it. You don't think I've tried to help her be a stronger person? I've tried but she's not the strong type. I'm so ######6 sick of watching everyone take advantage of her. I've watched people kick her in the ribs, breaking them, while she lay fetal on the floor. I took those memories from her so she could move on and be strong but it's not enough, she's too damaged. I couldn't take the scars, the burns, or the massive deformation of her rib cage, the broken bones that never saw a doctor and healed wrong. She's been hurting too long but now she doesn't have to. She wants this just as much as I do even if she doesn't realise it yet.
Yes, I am proud, only someone with my smarts could have pulled this off. In invitation to brag? Oh, Mr Bates, I never thought you'd ask. Convincing my brother to rip into her on a public forum was easy, he's a hothead anyway. Convincing Catey that everyone, including her new ally Mr Bates, had turned against her was child play. She was already thinking it, I just watered the seeds of doubt. Then my lovely little schtick about her dad knowing what she was and he was going to put her away was just there final shove she needed to get in the back seat and she's been there ever since. She gave me the reins voluntarily.
What I do now I do for the good of the whole system.
David.

You're a scumbag, David. ###$ you and "the greater good". You're setting yourself up for more than you can handle, and you don't even know it yet. When it all comes crumbling down around you, I hope you think of me.

While I have found these colourful little conversations of ours amusing, I can see that your complete impotence in this situation is upsetting you. Relax Bates. Go and have a cup of tea and forget all about the little girl that you can't save.
David.

Nobody wants to be wiped from existance, David, not even Cate. What gives you the right to just do as you please? What? Because you're too much of a puss to not give up on her? Because doing as you please is so much easier? Some protector you are.

I have protected that child through everything! You evidently have do idea how hard it is being out all the time. It's ######6 exhausting. I'm not just doing as I please, I'm doing what has to be done. What gives you the right to pass judgement on me?!
David.

Because you're going about it the wrong way, and worst off, you're proud of yourself for that. What the hell is wrong with you? I am aware of what a strain it is on you. That's why I keep warning you this little "plan" of your's won't hold for much longer. How much longer do you think you can keep up on the defense before it becomes too overwhelming? Your goal should be getting Cate back on her feet as soon as possible, not doing your best impression of Atlas.