i'll concede that. but perhaps the curiosity lies somewhere else. not over you, but maybe the circumstances of you.
[ what makes a person? is it a nicely shaped face without any deformities? is it a healthy body and sound mind? is it an awareness of being, of existing while surrounded by others just like the self?
personhood and identity are troubling matters for someone like her. even in her thoughts she is not johnny or joanna or mary; she's never any of the names they give her when she's prowling among the sated flock and the placid sheep. she's just her. the girl. that one, with a finger pointing her out from a line of well-groomed heads bowed forward in both reverence and fear.
the circumstances of you — in the circles they move in, it's often the only thing that people care to watch for. ]
maybe i'd like to. owe you one, that is. i have favours to spare.
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[ what makes a person? is it a nicely shaped face without any deformities? is it a healthy body and sound mind? is it an awareness of being, of existing while surrounded by others just like the self?
personhood and identity are troubling matters for someone like her. even in her thoughts she is not johnny or joanna or mary; she's never any of the names they give her when she's prowling among the sated flock and the placid sheep. she's just her. the girl. that one, with a finger pointing her out from a line of well-groomed heads bowed forward in both reverence and fear.
the circumstances of you — in the circles they move in, it's often the only thing that people care to watch for. ]
maybe i'd like to. owe you one, that is. i have favours to spare.