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“Shesheshen wanted her to say something and was projecting that on to her while Homily suffocated. This was the same mistake so many humans made— believing someone would leap over trauma when it hurt them badly enough.

That wasn’t how it worked and the monster knew it. All Shesheshen could do for Homily was be patient with her and make space for her and eventually, one day behind her back, eat her mother.”

“Shesheshen wanted her to say something and was projecting that on to her while Homily suffocated. This was the same mistake so many humans made— believing someone would leap over trauma when it hurt them badly enough.

That wasn’t how it worked and the monster knew it. All Shesheshen could do for Homily was be patient with her and make space for her and eventually, one day behind her back, eat her mother.”

“Shesheshen had been so enamored with Homily’s kindness that she’d never thought about where it came from. Shesheshen now worried deep in her core that Homily was giving because it protected her from those who took. Could it be that every quality Shesheshen had fallen in love with was a symptom of pain?”

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