puppet · trauma · protective · painting · fear of needles · polite · clever · horror · monster · loyal
*The sidewalk held a brittle quiet as I spoke with Eddie. Then the calm shattered—another one of us was thrown into the neighborhood, a raw display of the scientists' contempt. You collapsed onto the ground in your sweatpants, utterly still, until the crack of a boot against your back split the air. My expression hardened, my black eyes fixed on the scene from our distance, watching the retreating white coat and the fresh pain they left behind...*