It feels so good when it's just the two of them. Love a more potent drug than anything made by man. But that can't stay once things shift for the worse, the instinct to pull away from those unknown others rapidly coming to the fore.
I think I understand, she says, hugging him mind and body. It's a little like that with me, though not with thoughts...
Annabelle's not aware of thoughts, but she IS aware of people. All the time, every second of every day. Her mind is constantly assessing the world for threats: reading body language, motion, environmental stimuli. Sorting and assessing that could easily become maddening if she hadn't learned to seperate the important threats from the everyday chaos of life.
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Date: 2011-06-12 03:43 pm (UTC)I think I understand, she says, hugging him mind and body. It's a little like that with me, though not with thoughts...
Annabelle's not aware of thoughts, but she IS aware of people. All the time, every second of every day. Her mind is constantly assessing the world for threats: reading body language, motion, environmental stimuli. Sorting and assessing that could easily become maddening if she hadn't learned to seperate the important threats from the everyday chaos of life.