hostis humani generis

employee: I’m sorry, what?

“She smiled then, her cheeks red, her cheeks scattered with some kind of dust. It was a smile he thought he might d i e to earn again.”

Treasure Island - Chapter 15: The Man of the Island 

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I was married to a man once. Rotten fuck.. raised his hands at me, burned me, shared me with his men. I didn’t know any different, didn’t know I could do anything about it. Even if I had, I wouldn’t have thought I had it in me. One day, we were in a tavern. He was hurting me. And a man saw it. And he walked over.. and he slit his throat. That was Jack. I was 13. I always thought he saved me from something. Always been so fucking grateful. Now I wonder.. maybe Jack took me from something I was supposed to figure my own way out of. Maybe he took away the chance to get strong enough to save myself. To grow up. Instead, I went with him, did what he did, did what the others did. Thought I’d become one of them. If I’m not what I was when I was born, and I ain’t what I’ve become instead.. what the fuck am I?