So Why Did You Get Shot? One

What Are You? (nick) Completely Perplexed. You Remember Everything That Happened. (acheron) Yeah. Duh. Not Like You’re Going To Forget The Killer Zombie Stalkers And Psyched-out Kitchen Staff. What Kind Of Freak Show Is This? (nick)

I’m Not A Child. Don’t Talk To Me Like I Am. (kiara) No, You’re Worse. You’re An Adult Who Still Thinks The World Is A Beautiful Place, Filled With People Who Will Help You Just For The Sake Of Being Nice. Wake Up And Smell The Bloodbath And Humility The Rest Of Us Have To Cope With. (syn)

He Looked Down At Her. "have You Found That Peace?" Yes, She Had. But It Was So Corny And Cliched That She Couldn't Bring Herself To Admit It. "a Wise Man Once Told Me That Peace Has To Come From Within. We Have To Learn To Like Ourselves Before We Can Find Our Place In The World.

I’m So Sorry! Are You Okay? (shahara) Other Than The Fact That I Feel Like My Rib Just Punctured A Lung, Sure, I’m All Right. (syn)

As A Child, He Had Hardened His Heart And Learned To Take Their Punches. He Had Learned To Spit Back And Take Down Anyone Who Cast A Jaundiced Eye Or Who Made A Comment About Either Him, His Mother, Or His Sister. He’d Told Himself That He Didn’t Need Anyone’s Love Or Caring. And So He Had Learned To Live Like A Feral Animal, Always Ready To Strike Out When Someone Tried To Touch Him.