Conversations With My Mother

I asked her if empaths were really all that different from psychopaths. 

She talked about results while I considered intention. 

And I asked her if empaths were sometimes mistook for psychopaths due to their ability to empathize with the latter. If maybe their quickness in reconciling the pain that the victim felt with the pain the psychopath currently feels is at all significant. 

She said, 

huh. 

And let out a sigh. 

We both poured another glass of wine and returned to our television show.