cactusy: (I'm waiting for someone)
Sameen Shaw ([personal profile] cactusy) wrote in [personal profile] computation 2025-05-07 07:01 pm (UTC)

"Anger is the emotion I'm best at. But it's always been..."

She pauses, casting around for the most suitable adjective.

"Cold, hard, tight. I feel it, but it's still small and contained. Easy to control." She shifts restlessly in Root's arms, her brow furrowing. "Lately it feels hotter and bigger, like something burning inside me. It feel like if it got strong enough, I might not be able to control it. I might do things based on what the anger wants, not because of what I want."

The concept is familiar enough: she's well aware of how common it is for people to lash out, to let anger get the best of them, to act rashly because of it and then regret it later. But all the same, the idea of experiencing that herself is both strange and disquieting.

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