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[fanstheflames]

...

[ A small, barely imperceptible nod. ]

[thisisalie]

[ Lightly stroking his fingers over her arm as they walk. ]

Often?

[fanstheflames]

Mmmmmmngh.

[ This means yes, but she doesn't want to admit it, but she doesn't want to lie, so this is fine. It's a good enough answer, right? ]

[thisisalie]

Is there a common pattern to them? A specific scene, or just general actions?

[fanstheflames]

If you mean lately, they're not like the usual ones.

[ THE USUAL. ONES. Wow. ]

But yeah, they kind of... all follow the same scene. I can't protect anyone and I have to watch them all get killed... and then when someone tries to help me, I'm so hungry and I kill them instead.

[thisisalie]

So a feeling of having lost all control over both the things happening around you and yourself.

[fanstheflames]

[ She nods, a little bleakly. ]

Yeah. That's exactly it.

[thisisalie]

Have you tried doing anything to counter that feeling?

[fanstheflames]

What do you mean? Like doing things I have full control of?

[thisisalie]

Or taking something you normally wouldn't assert control over and doing so.

[fanstheflames]

... Like what?

[thisisalie]

Meals? Dorm chores?



A person?

[fanstheflames]

Assert control over a person?!

[thisisalie]

A willing one, of course.

[fanstheflames]

I... guess I could. It seems a little weird to just ask someone for that, though.

[thisisalie]

What if they offered?

[fanstheflames]

Um, that'd be nice, but...

[thisisalie]

Yes?

[fanstheflames]

... Are you offering?

[thisisalie]

Would you like to control me?

[fanstheflames]

I don't really want to control anyone.

[thisisalie]

Perhaps there's a halfway point that would help you feel more in control then.

[fanstheflames]

A halfway point...

[ what. what does that even look like. ]

[thisisalie]

Control over a contained situation?

[fanstheflames]

You mean kind of what we're doing now?