it's not just the questions, but the visions that come with them. show, instead of tell.
[Nothing is quite as poisonous as something like these hallucinations, whether or not they're memories, because of the way they sink in -- sink their teeth into your perceptions and your insides, settling like a second skin. The questionnaire is just the cherry on top. There's something that rankles about such an obvious tactic being used, and working, not once but twice.]
it's hard to be prepared when all we have is guesswork. but theorizing starts from what you know, doesn't it?
[And what they know is themselves, and the world they live in. For the moment, he's planted himself in it, holding onto his roots with all the tenacity of the trees his club occasionally cares for, the ones that are ten times his age or more.]
no subject
[Nothing is quite as poisonous as something like these hallucinations, whether or not they're memories, because of the way they sink in -- sink their teeth into your perceptions and your insides, settling like a second skin. The questionnaire is just the cherry on top. There's something that rankles about such an obvious tactic being used, and working, not once but twice.]
it's hard to be prepared when all we have is guesswork. but theorizing starts from what you know, doesn't it?
[And what they know is themselves, and the world they live in. For the moment, he's planted himself in it, holding onto his roots with all the tenacity of the trees his club occasionally cares for, the ones that are ten times his age or more.]