You're so cold
but you feel alive
She didn't answer for a long time. Didn't know what to say. He was right, of course, and she hated to admit it. But what could she do? How did you overcome fear? No matter how much she studied spiders she would never cease to be creeped out by them. And even if she did learn everything there was about snakes, she might still be wary of their bite.
"No, we're not animals. But are you still human? I barely know how to deal with them, let alone..." She broke off, not knowing what to call him. Maea could see the hurt in him, heard it, and shame cloyed thick on her tongue for proving herself the ignorant fool she so desperately wanted to change from. "But you're right. It's not your concern. I'm sorry for being so rude. You do not deserve that."
Stealing a quick glance at him, she pushed herself away from the barn door and made to head out to the fire again. This was doing nothing to improve her day, and if her distancing herself would cause him less pain then... it was the least she could do.
"No, we're not animals. But are you still human? I barely know how to deal with them, let alone..." She broke off, not knowing what to call him. Maea could see the hurt in him, heard it, and shame cloyed thick on her tongue for proving herself the ignorant fool she so desperately wanted to change from. "But you're right. It's not your concern. I'm sorry for being so rude. You do not deserve that."
Stealing a quick glance at him, she pushed herself away from the barn door and made to head out to the fire again. This was doing nothing to improve her day, and if her distancing herself would cause him less pain then... it was the least she could do.
lay your hands on me
one last time
MAEA
