onepissedoffcancer:

That’s always good though, showing people up. Defying their expectations of what you can and can’t do. Then, in the future, you can always shove it in their faces that you actually did accomplish what you set out to do, despite having something stand in your way. Beat the odds, show ‘em up and blah blah blah.

-So, talking with her was a lot easier than you thought it was going to bed. You had a small nagging feeling that she might’ve wanted to know exactly what happened, but then again, this was Rose. Yes, she might want to know so she can try and help, but would she butt in and demand answers? Probably not.-

I’m used to “suffering” as you put it. But it’s fine right now.

You laugh just a little, though it’s something of a humorless one.

You seem intimately acquainted with my own goals.  Do you have some sort of similar life circumstances that allow you understand me so well?

You frame it this way so you can sate your own curiosity, hopefully with a subtle enough question that he doesn’t even realize that you’re prying.  That’s a Lalondian specialty, and you certainly have no intentions not to continue utilizing that trait to your advantage.

Just because one’s used to it doesn’t mean that one has to sit there and continue to take it.  In fact, it’s healthy to realize when it has to stop, at some point.