[ His knee jerk reaction is to walk around in front of her to continue their conversation, but he stopped himself.
Anger and pain like what she struggled with was damn near hardwired in her at this point. The trauma of a child, layered so deep in the psyche she was more like Malcolm in the diagnosis of Complex PTSD. It was as harmful to constantly challenge her mindset as it was to tell anyone to 'just be positive'!
The fact that she hadn't jumped all over him for his words was something he would take as a win. ]
I'm going to keep wandering around for a bit. Moving like I am, suspect you can find me if you want me.
[ Especially as he was going nowhere fast. He was, however, heading out the door to give her some breathing room. ]
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Anger and pain like what she struggled with was damn near hardwired in her at this point. The trauma of a child, layered so deep in the psyche she was more like Malcolm in the diagnosis of Complex PTSD. It was as harmful to constantly challenge her mindset as it was to tell anyone to 'just be positive'!
The fact that she hadn't jumped all over him for his words was something he would take as a win. ]
I'm going to keep wandering around for a bit. Moving like I am, suspect you can find me if you want me.
[ Especially as he was going nowhere fast. He was, however, heading out the door to give her some breathing room. ]