PHOEBE
She smiled a bit and shrugged her shoulders. "It is an active thing. When you feel your emotions rising with worry, force yourself to pause and ask yourself if it is something you have reason to be getting worked up for." she said. It was a practice she had put into place for herself and her own sanity as of late. If she didn't she would literally run herself into the ground.
"It can be disheartening to realize how hard it is to come by such friends, isn't it?" she said with a light laugh, looking out over the water of the Oasis. As her confirmed that that would have been his solution, she nodded slightly. It wasn't a bad solution honestly...she just wasn't sure if it would have worked. But then she was ready to let the topic drop. It was in the past and pointless to discuss really.
"Still means you're arguing that an insane person is more particular than you...which is not the basis of critique I tend to base my views on." she said with a slight smirk. That he was so confused about her own view on herself though was troubling to her. Why did it matter, and wasn't it clear enough? "Because I don't. No one takes me seriously. Look at the blight - I was correct, it was the Ascended and the Voice and not a single person believed me until one admitted to it. Were I Amalia or Remi or Wessex or Ronin it would have been believed in a heartbeat." she explained softly. "No one comes to me seeking my opinion or guidance. They do not seek my help. They do not seek me...for anything, save that which pertains to practice, and even then they are dubious. Those with voice and sway are sought by people. I am not. And it is fine, there is nothing wrong with it. It simply is."
"It can be disheartening to realize how hard it is to come by such friends, isn't it?" she said with a light laugh, looking out over the water of the Oasis. As her confirmed that that would have been his solution, she nodded slightly. It wasn't a bad solution honestly...she just wasn't sure if it would have worked. But then she was ready to let the topic drop. It was in the past and pointless to discuss really.
"Still means you're arguing that an insane person is more particular than you...which is not the basis of critique I tend to base my views on." she said with a slight smirk. That he was so confused about her own view on herself though was troubling to her. Why did it matter, and wasn't it clear enough? "Because I don't. No one takes me seriously. Look at the blight - I was correct, it was the Ascended and the Voice and not a single person believed me until one admitted to it. Were I Amalia or Remi or Wessex or Ronin it would have been believed in a heartbeat." she explained softly. "No one comes to me seeking my opinion or guidance. They do not seek my help. They do not seek me...for anything, save that which pertains to practice, and even then they are dubious. Those with voice and sway are sought by people. I am not. And it is fine, there is nothing wrong with it. It simply is."
You thought you'd watch me fade away
When you broke me into pieces
But I gave I gave each piece a name
