[Clarence responds with a humorless huff of air that may have tried to be a chuckle.]

Evil people attract one another, huh? Sorry, but I can't see you being a bad person.

[He pauses to think.]

I think... your words make sense. I don't like to think I'm just destined to stay stuck in some way, no matter how my life works out. That makes effort doing anything feel useless. And if that's the case, why care about art. Or friends. Or anything.