Came out from all the suffering wanting better, hm? Newfound appreciation for life or such?
[ while one of their eyes is covered either way, at least one does close underneath their mask. ]
...I spoke with another one of you about this. How you learn the fastest and most efficiently when something drastic happens. [ trauma ] It would be better, if all these growth and realization happened slowly. At your own pace.
[to the first part. she watches them for a moment, tail swishing.]
I wish it was that way too. [genuinely.] it'd be so much better if we could just take life as it comes. But sometimes you get kidnapped by a cult, I guess.
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not even their posture is casual, mostly upright as they scoff, very softly. ]
After biting very many hands, maybe. Wishful thinking either way. But you seem full of that. [ wishing for better. ]
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I'm full of a lot of things. [she says, with a laugh.] I don't know, wishful thinking is just hope.
You can't beat it out of me. It won't go.
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...Well, that's excellent for you. It doesn't always come back once it's gone.
[ like trying to stoke a flame from ash, when the pyre's long snuffed out. ] You're strong.
[ the words are complimentary but the tone is still tired. ]
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It can, though. It's not impossible. [stubborn!!!]
Thanks, though. Didn't go through ten years of literal Hell to be a mopey shit.
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Came out from all the suffering wanting better, hm? Newfound appreciation for life or such?
[ while one of their eyes is covered either way, at least one does close underneath their mask. ]
...I spoke with another one of you about this. How you learn the fastest and most efficiently when something drastic happens. [ trauma ] It would be better, if all these growth and realization happened slowly. At your own pace.
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[to the first part. she watches them for a moment, tail swishing.]
I wish it was that way too. [genuinely.] it'd be so much better if we could just take life as it comes. But sometimes you get kidnapped by a cult, I guess.