It's why pissing her off is no better an idea than pissing you off. She's just calmer than either of us, most of the time.
Anger management helps. I got it in prison, mandatory therapy and all that shit. Kind of the closest thing to peace that I was ever allowed. Still nearly threw it away to put some people in the dirt.
[It's another uncomfortable point of familiarity. Hers weren't so... well, insidious and calculated. It's just that nobody in her life ever actually respected her or her right to privacy. She was gutter trash born from a junky mother that didn't even want her and tossed her to the side to be punished by the relatives that created her and her demons. Her teachers said to her face that everything that ever happens to her is her fault, because there's something evil in her.
And that was before she was placed in the role of the Slayer. A soldier with no autonomy beyond killing. It was the most thrilling experience in the world, to have that much power over someone, and they still thought they could control her. After she killed their mercenaries and tortured their own, they started realizing they were never the ones in control at least.]
I don't know, man. Not like I had those either. Growing up, it's always felt like things like boundaries or respect or whatever, they're just things you only get if you're strong enough to set them. I get now that that's all fucked, but I don't really have anything to compare it to.
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Anger management helps. I got it in prison, mandatory therapy and all that shit. Kind of the closest thing to peace that I was ever allowed. Still nearly threw it away to put some people in the dirt.
[It's another uncomfortable point of familiarity. Hers weren't so... well, insidious and calculated. It's just that nobody in her life ever actually respected her or her right to privacy. She was gutter trash born from a junky mother that didn't even want her and tossed her to the side to be punished by the relatives that created her and her demons. Her teachers said to her face that everything that ever happens to her is her fault, because there's something evil in her.
And that was before she was placed in the role of the Slayer. A soldier with no autonomy beyond killing. It was the most thrilling experience in the world, to have that much power over someone, and they still thought they could control her. After she killed their mercenaries and tortured their own, they started realizing they were never the ones in control at least.]
I don't know, man. Not like I had those either. Growing up, it's always felt like things like boundaries or respect or whatever, they're just things you only get if you're strong enough to set them. I get now that that's all fucked, but I don't really have anything to compare it to.