Personal demons are not so easily escapable, because they are precisely that: personal. Demons within the head, curling their claws into your mind, baring their teeth and spitting their curses: You won't ever forget what happened. Lingering feelings of guilt, of regret; all of that built-up ugliness eventually becomes parasitic...
It pains him to hear Lucas say it, but Netherlands knows. He knows.]
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Date: 2010-09-21 04:25 am (UTC)Personal demons are not so easily escapable, because they are precisely that: personal. Demons within the head, curling their claws into your mind, baring their teeth and spitting their curses: You won't ever forget what happened. Lingering feelings of guilt, of regret; all of that built-up ugliness eventually becomes parasitic...
It pains him to hear Lucas say it, but Netherlands knows. He knows.]
...I'll help you. You know I will.