Dexter and Jeremy Downs in “Circle of Friends”

You killed again. I told you, I warned you. Don't kill anyone who doesn't deserve to die. Why did you do it?

To feel something different.

Different than what? What do you normally feel?

Nothing. Fucking nothing at all. I hate every fucking goddamn second of it. I can't stand it – living my life in my head.

Does killing make it better?

No. Worse. Fucking worse than ever.

I'm a lot like you, you know.

[scoffs] Yeah, right. You're a killer?

[gives him a look] I'm empty. But I found a way to make it feel less ... bottomless.

How?

Pretend. You pretend the feelings are there, for the world, for the people around you. Who knows? Maybe one day they will be.