(I cannot afford distance, not with my brood, not with - )
[ Them. Fear, sharp, digging unmistakable and lends weight to the words that follow along with it. The slicing feeling of teeth setting into her skin. Of blood, her own blood. Steady, steady, steady. ]
(I do not offer excuse for my actions, but to express it plainly: it is mild, for the lifetime of war I have known.)
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[ Them. Fear, sharp, digging unmistakable and lends weight to the words that follow along with it. The slicing feeling of teeth setting into her skin. Of blood, her own blood. Steady, steady, steady. ]
( I do not offer excuse for my actions, but to express it plainly: it is mild, for the lifetime of war I have known. )