It was an unfortunate reaction to something I consumed earlier.
[It was not. He was a master of deluding himself when it came to explaining some of his own personal traumas that did not immediately come with furious anger. He couldn't be angry with Jinx or the situation, too relieved to have her back in his life despite all the oddities of her return and the changes in some of her behaviours.
He returned to where he was sitting, leaning down to pick up the abandoned brush and comb. He used the comb to dig out long strands of blue hair that had ended up tangled in the bristles, unperturbed by her returned state of nudity.]
I don't drink water. [That statement was very true; water in Zaun was dangerous so he made a point of refreshing himself only with distilled liquor. It hadn't killed him yet.] You learned how to control your inner demons? Because of a child. [After all the years of him trying to nudge her to controlling them, to letting her free of them, to soothing her and it took a child to accomplish where he had found great but not perfect success? He experienced a pang of jealousy, which he stewed on rather than reliving all the other insurmountable stresses of this conversation.] You do recall I'm the parent in this situation, and you don't get to tell me to go to my room.
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Date: 2025-01-18 06:13 pm (UTC)[It was not. He was a master of deluding himself when it came to explaining some of his own personal traumas that did not immediately come with furious anger. He couldn't be angry with Jinx or the situation, too relieved to have her back in his life despite all the oddities of her return and the changes in some of her behaviours.
He returned to where he was sitting, leaning down to pick up the abandoned brush and comb. He used the comb to dig out long strands of blue hair that had ended up tangled in the bristles, unperturbed by her returned state of nudity.]
I don't drink water. [That statement was very true; water in Zaun was dangerous so he made a point of refreshing himself only with distilled liquor. It hadn't killed him yet.] You learned how to control your inner demons? Because of a child. [After all the years of him trying to nudge her to controlling them, to letting her free of them, to soothing her and it took a child to accomplish where he had found great but not perfect success? He experienced a pang of jealousy, which he stewed on rather than reliving all the other insurmountable stresses of this conversation.] You do recall I'm the parent in this situation, and you don't get to tell me to go to my room.