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Really? Some just use it as a tool, I've noticed. And some of us just accept it as one of those things about life that you can't really do much about, sometimes.

It can be both. But it can also teach you as well; help you to understand-and sometimes overcome-your personal limitations.

*shrugs* Yeah, it can do that, when you put it like this. I've done that to myself now and again.

Problem is my stubbornness gets in the way of fair estimation though.

That tends to be the way of it. No one wants to believe that they are incapable of doing something. It would scream of weakness and failure, as it were.

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Sometimes not admitting defeat works out though. At least it did for me.

Perhaps. But there are instances when admitting defeat does tend to work out for the best. Surviving and living to fight another day and all that.

If admitting defeat will involve survival, yeah. That's not always been the case in the battles I've fought, unfortunately. Was targetted personally, I mean.

Although battles have not been the only place I've put myself through pain, mind you.

Oh? Who was targetting you?

Of course. Pain is a factor in everyday life, after all. Do you regret your struggles, out of curiosity?

*shrugs again* My aunt, actually. Well, one of them anyway. 'pruning the family tree', I believe. My mum's family didn't exactly agree with her choice of husband, and mine even less. *lips quirk*

No. I regret nothing. I ... in a way crippled myself for almost a year - and even that was worth it.

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Such a...charming family you do have. Why didn't they agree with your particular choice of a husband?

If you managed to gain something from it all, then perhaps it was. Though you are lucky your enemies did not use your lapse to kill you.

*laughs* Yes they are. Were. Whatever. I quite agree with my mum with liking the day she was disowned by them. And... They didn't agree with my choice because of his lycanthropy. *shrugs* Odd bunch, to never try and look beyond labels.

Oh yes. Well... I lost some of my abilities, but not my skills, so I was still good to go in a fight. Just less... *a beat* less vibrant.

He is a werewolf? A real werewolf? And yet you have no fear of his curse? According to all the myths and legends, aren't they supposed to be quite dangerous?

Ah. What lead you down that particular path?

*sighs* Yes, a real werewolf. Also the kindest person I've ever known, and among the wisest. Most of the time.

It's one night in the month. There is a potion, a recent, well, relatively recent discovery that allows werewolves to keep their sanity while they've transformed too, rendering them a lot less dangerous. I mean, without the dementia, the body is still transformed, and the curse can still be passed on - but the human mind is in control. *lips quirk again* Even so, he never let me be close to him during the full moon nights. Rather be safe than sorry, I guess.

... and that ties up to the other question. Remus was rather firmly determined that he did not deserve me - because of the curse, and all the other nonsense that is connected to it. Took almost a year to get through to him I can handle the danger and I don't care about the rest. *shakes her head* It all ended up well, but it was... painful at the time.

*as an afterthought* That doesn't mean all werewolves are safe. That's not the case by a long haul. But not all are beasts either. It rather... depends on the person and what he or she chooses to do.

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I wasn't judging your decision. I was simply trying to wrap my head around the idea of your husband being a mythological creature.

But it is good that he has a small reprieve during the nights that he...changes. The whole "savage monster unable to control itself/willing to tear everything to pieces" seems to be the only thing that Hollywood and some of the stories tend to agree upon.

And I see. You both sound rather stubborn about your stances on the matter, I can imagine the difficulty. Still, I am glad that things did work out for the both of you.

No, I didn't assume that they were. Personally, I'd rather avoid them in general, better safe than sorry, to use your turn of phrase.

*laughs* Put that way, I'm a mythological creature too. Well, kinda. A lot of the creatures that are in m- many 'fairy tales' aren't all that made up. One of my best friends loves his works with dragons, for example.

*softly* It all depends on the ... stength of will. The danger that he might lose control of the beast within was always a fear... a nightmare. I guess he'd just had too long of having to lose control. Three decades is a long time, to have to deal wtih madness like that.

*shakes her head and the smile brightens once more* Yeah, we were both stubborn.

*and laughs again* Yeah, that's not a bad approach. If nothing else... well, if pain IS a good instructor, then werewolves get - regular instruction. Not something I'd recommend to invite happening to you. Better safe.

Because it leads to anger and hate?

Mm, sometimes. Depending upon who is causing the pain and why.