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sixwordstories2012-10-26 10:39 am
onthe_threshold) wrote in sixwordstories2012-10-26 10:39 am
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That which does not kill us...
I grew up around predators. I know how they think.
Funny, so did I. You must be one yourself, then. You don't seem like prey.
Very astute of you. Yes, I suppose I am. You have to be one or the other, really, don't you? And I have no desire to be the prey.
Yes, you really do.
I'm not sure anyone wants to be prey. Maybe it's just something you're born.
I'm not sure anyone wants to be prey. Maybe it's just something you're born.
Could be. What about you, then. Would you finish that statement the same way? Or did you have different words in mind.
Well. It certainly is an interesting choice, I suppose. Not entirely inaccurate, either.
I think many of us have. At least, most of those I know. But then, our lives are really only odd when we try to compare them to the lives of others.
What's the strangest thing that's ever happened to you?
Oh, what strange things have not?
I suppose it depends on your definition. For me, maybe it was being granted this shape when we decided to adapt to the changes in the world around us. Or maybe it was watching my brother leave and deciding to try his shoes on for size.
I suppose it depends on your definition. For me, maybe it was being granted this shape when we decided to adapt to the changes in the world around us. Or maybe it was watching my brother leave and deciding to try his shoes on for size.
I think the things that don't kill you would definitely kill me.
You're stronger than I am. The things you put yourself through would kill someone like me. Yet here you are.
How did she put it? "You have no real desire to win."
Then how have you survived all of the things that have tried to kill you?
I think you're mistaking survival instinct coupled with decades worth of training for strength.
Why, I am a cat, dear sir. But not of the variety you may be accustomed to, though they are descended from us, I believe.
And what are you?
And what are you?
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