Dear Antagonist Who Has A Different Personality Every Draft,

You've just crossed a line. You realize that, don't you?

Of course you're free to cross any lines you choose. It's just that ... well, if you were hoping for reader sympathy by the end of the book, you're going to have to work for it now.

Oh, well, if reader sympathy doesn't interest you much ... as you were.

Me

P.S. But I think you're lying about that.

P.P.S. Yes, I know you don't lie. Lots of my characters don't lie. They all seem to make an exception for me, and I don't honestly expect you to be any different.

P.P.P.S. Or you could be trying to fake me out into thinking you're lying, yes. I've considered that possibility, too.