Are you actually bothering to ask any of us this time?
[ it was part of what pissed her off last time. the presumption, the decision making on his own for others, the not letting there be a sense of mutuality. she didn't miss any of that episode - and to her, it is an episode - but she doesn't reach out. she's seen soldiers vacate the present moment like that before.
things haunt you, when you've seen and lived through enough. ken came back, but he came back with metaphorical ghosts clinging to his back. ]
I wasn't in a position to know at first, but your dead body got paraded around on network. It didn't go over well. Have you spoken to everyone who saw that? Or to everyone you're even naming.
[ She's used to seeing dismembered people, and it was still jarring as hell to know who she was looking at. That kind of sick feeling, that helplessness, it's about what can't be changed or made right. ]
Reiner lived. I don't know what stopped him from Shifting, but as nice as your little fantasy is of being the biggest, baddest creature around, ghouls still crush under pressure. [ he knows that. doesn't he. ] No one is faultless, and no one is blameless, but if you're interested in protecting people, try talking with them first. Making yourself hard to find is one kind of hurt that people don't forget.
[ emotions. she's talking about feelings. physical wounds can be easier - not all of them, of course, but many - because that healing can be assisted by outside forces. emotional ones don't work the same way. they all know that. ]
i feel so bad being brief in return lasjkdf just concentrated thoughts here
[ it was part of what pissed her off last time. the presumption, the decision making on his own for others, the not letting there be a sense of mutuality. she didn't miss any of that episode - and to her, it is an episode - but she doesn't reach out. she's seen soldiers vacate the present moment like that before.
things haunt you, when you've seen and lived through enough. ken came back, but he came back with metaphorical ghosts clinging to his back. ]
I wasn't in a position to know at first, but your dead body got paraded around on network. It didn't go over well. Have you spoken to everyone who saw that? Or to everyone you're even naming.
[ She's used to seeing dismembered people, and it was still jarring as hell to know who she was looking at. That kind of sick feeling, that helplessness, it's about what can't be changed or made right. ]
Reiner lived. I don't know what stopped him from Shifting, but as nice as your little fantasy is of being the biggest, baddest creature around, ghouls still crush under pressure. [ he knows that. doesn't he. ] No one is faultless, and no one is blameless, but if you're interested in protecting people, try talking with them first. Making yourself hard to find is one kind of hurt that people don't forget.
[ emotions. she's talking about feelings. physical wounds can be easier - not all of them, of course, but many - because that healing can be assisted by outside forces. emotional ones don't work the same way. they all know that. ]