[ He takes in a slow, steadying breath- it shudders slightly at the edges. ]
Still here.
[ Yes. That will do. He focuses on that thought, on being here, on everything he has here that had been destroyed, lost or stolen. It might disappear at any moment. But what was new about that? If he's learned anything, it's that nothing can truly be relied on to stay strong indefinitely with his weight on it. But he's survived. And he will survive this, too. ]
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Still here.
[ Yes. That will do. He focuses on that thought, on being here, on everything he has here that had been destroyed, lost or stolen.
It might disappear at any moment. But what was new about that? If he's learned anything, it's that nothing can truly be relied on to stay strong indefinitely with his weight on it.
But he's survived. And he will survive this, too. ]
We are survivors. Both of us.