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"you see fear, certainly, but you don't know if it's of you or if it's of herself. maybe she'll say the wrong thing. maybe she will disappoint you. it's suddenly very important that you communicate to her that she is okay. that she is safe. that any sadness you feel about how she is handling this, you will make it your responsibility to correct. so you smile, and soon she smiles too. the old agreements still hold."

"you feel like you've carried a great weight up a long spiraling staircase, and now you must let it go, to release all the destructive energy it's stored, to smash the coils of staircase itself."

"we would not have the power to hurt each other any more. we would plant a tree in the sand between us - its roots moving down, turning the liquid earth solid. it was important not to let myself think too much about these fantasies. it was important not to be openly weird with the cis woman i had used ritual magic to summon."