...Don't Cut Yourself...

"Because we still have to wait for the man with the Twelve Thoughts."

MISS ALL SUNDAY

Worried & Scared Sentences, Vol. 3

(Sentences for muses who are in trouble and are worried or scared because of it. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"You didn't get that urge you get? You know, to do something silly?"

"I'm worried about you. I think you might need some help."

"I can't physically stop you, but I'm not letting you out of my sight!"

"Why can't you just leave things alone?"

"Something's making my neck hairs stand up..."

"Being frightened is a normal, natural human function, just like breathing. It's how you react to fright that really counts."

"How do I know you're actually you?"

"I've never seen you show caution, which is itself a cause for concern."

"You said you wouldn't freak out!"

"Do you spook easily?"

"I was scared, and I still am."

"The major ingredient in any recipe for fear is the unknown."

"You shouldn't have come back. I have a bad feeling about this."

"I'm not sure I should get involved with this..."

"Don't kill me - or if you have to, please do it humanely!"

"Are we really going to pretend that didn't just happen?"

"This is exactly the sort of thing that got you into trouble in the first place!"

"We should probably sleep in shifts, just in case."

"If everything's going to be alright, why are you taking a gun?"

"You're not a serial killer, are you?"

"Can you promise me it's going to be okay? Please?"

"I need you to pull yourself together. Can you do that?"

"You missed the turn. Where are you taking me?"

"I may be a coward, but I'm not a fool!"

"I hate it when you have ideas. It makes me very nervous."

"This really freaks me out!"

"Do you see something behind me?"

"This may be a silly question, but do you have a plan?"

"Someone might see us!"

"Why do you always have to make me feel so uneasy?"

"Don't drink that! It could be poisoned!"

"We're in uncharted territory; the time for caution has long passed."

"I thought they made those things illegal!"

"It's okay if you're scared right now. I know I am."

"Am I a fool for even considering this?"

"You know, I'm not really comfortable with being the bait here!"

"Do you have a bad feeling about this?"

"What are you more scared of? Trying something new, or that this is all there is?"

"It's starting again, isn't it?"

“Woah,” and she kept a firm hold of him, not letting him wander off. “Wrong way, big guy,” and she turned him in the right direction before finally letting go of him. However, she hovered close in case he needed her help. 

His question made her pause and uncomfortable feeling settling in her chest. Behind her she could hear the distant sounds of fighting, familiar voices on the wind. He was asking the impossible, at least, that’s how it felt. “You think your captain and the others would welcome me? They don’t know me…” Not like he did.

Ignoring the correction as if he'd known all along he was going in the wrong direction, he let her guide him in the opposite way of what he'd given. He'd figured out long ago to just go with the flow when people dragged him in different directions than what he assumed was correct. It wasn't like it mattered in the end; he usually made it in time before anything truly terrible happened. Wasn't his fault that he took a detour.

"Eh, I think you need to decide for yourself first." Glancing at her from the corner of his eye he added. "Stop worrying about what everyone else fucking thinks."

Gaze returning forward as he focused on moving, he muttered under his breath. "It's your life, not theirs."

He knew. After long, random hours of drinks or run-ins with the marine that was now helping him escape that her choices were largely driven by a feeling of duty and obligation. Not choice. Which had always left him wondering, what was her breaking point?

TIAN JIARUI (田嘉瑞) as Ji Ling / Dragon Deity / Man Man / Ji Can