... A daemon traced a shape on my forehead. When I shut my eyes, I can see it. What it should look like. What it needs to look like. What it would have looked like if it hadn't been interrupted.
...
I know I shouldn't finish it, but my body wants to. It needs to finish it. I want to reach up and complete it, so that they can have me.
edited 18th Feb '17 2:22:37 AM by SR3NORMANDY
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?... You should tie my hands. Put me somewhere where nobody will be hurt.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-She makes a little anxious whine as she's hugged-
I want to do it... I want to do it right now...
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-She makes a mild effort to tug her arm free, then goes still and quiet-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?It feels as normal as wanting to scratch an itch, except I know it will kill me and everyone else. I can't slip up. You can't let me.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?...
-Stares at her knees, and her balled up fists, fingernails cutting into her soft palm-
I'm going to die...
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?... Neither of us will be safe until you restrain me, Solace.
No matter what I think now, I just need to lose concentration once. One touch to my forehead and the daemons win.
-She's trembling now, biting back the beginnings of sobs-
Please...
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-She looks both scared by the danger and hurt by Solace's inaction, crying openly into her knees-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?

Everyone else leaves or dies or forgets.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?