Do you really still believe that? Because the thing is, when it comes down to it, the people who really have the ability to do significant culling are balding middle-aged ministers with expanding waistlines and shrinking ethics. And they aren't strong, they're just powerful.
[He wonders if there's a way he can ask Jacob to stay and guard his door without admitting that he feels irrationally anxious. Miss Florbelle is locked up. No one's going to break into his cabin. But his pulse won't settle and he can't sleep.]
[Fortunately for Norton, Jacob has no intention of going anywhere and wasn't even going to ask. He sits back in his chair, Mae beside him, and lounges there idly.]
You'll be alright.
Go make some tea. Take a nap. Do your nails, I don't know. Whatever you need to do to relax. I'll stay a while.
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Date: 2024-12-16 03:34 am (UTC)The weak have their place, but - it is up to the strong to thin the herd.
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Date: 2024-12-16 04:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-12-17 01:53 am (UTC)And didn't you tell me about different kinds of strengths? That's a different strength - power.
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Date: 2024-12-17 05:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-12-17 11:21 am (UTC)[And now Jacob has his own issues with it, but that doesn't stop him from clinging to it.]
Anyway, that's my answer.
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Date: 2024-12-18 05:10 am (UTC)[He wonders if there's a way he can ask Jacob to stay and guard his door without admitting that he feels irrationally anxious. Miss Florbelle is locked up. No one's going to break into his cabin. But his pulse won't settle and he can't sleep.]
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Date: 2024-12-18 10:08 am (UTC)You'll be alright.
Go make some tea. Take a nap. Do your nails, I don't know. Whatever you need to do to relax. I'll stay a while.