My friends who found me bleeding out in a hallway and stuck superheated metal into me believe it.
( that comes out flat, but a little more contemptuous than she intends. one can be invested in fixing a problem and still so incredibly bitter that it happened in the first place, this is what we call over it. it takes a little effort to smooth out the pinched corners of her mouth before continuing. )
But respect that he owns it. I can respect that he owns it, and don't have any interest in spreading his traumas around the general population like fliers on a posterboard — I'd bet there are even people here who'd use that information against him. And being alienated before even having done anything wrong — ( look at those downplaying tactics, like your severed nerve endings don't lance out gut-punches of pain every so often, clarke ) — would be counter intuitive. Unhelpful towards the end of getting his head on straight.
I just... don't know where the happy medium is. And I hate playing it by ear.
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( that comes out flat, but a little more contemptuous than she intends. one can be invested in fixing a problem and still so incredibly bitter that it happened in the first place, this is what we call over it. it takes a little effort to smooth out the pinched corners of her mouth before continuing. )
But respect that he owns it. I can respect that he owns it, and don't have any interest in spreading his traumas around the general population like fliers on a posterboard — I'd bet there are even people here who'd use that information against him. And being alienated before even having done anything wrong — ( look at those downplaying tactics, like your severed nerve endings don't lance out gut-punches of pain every so often, clarke ) — would be counter intuitive. Unhelpful towards the end of getting his head on straight.
I just... don't know where the happy medium is. And I hate playing it by ear.