#youucant

          “ y’know , dave , ” jessica starts as if she’s got all the time in the world to make up a speech.  she’s practiced no telling how many times on what she plans on saying maybe moments before death , as she’s maybe bleeding out somewhere or lying in a hospital bed . . . but that lecture ?  it’s saved for a special occasion and today is not that day.

"that's a pretty specific thing to be getting away from,"  the other notes -- he knows it's none of his business, but there's a note of sympathy, asking in its presence if it should be there. regardless, he shakes his head --  "nah. little brother needed to find gifts for his friends. i did my shopping a week ago."

  the   actual   strength  this   woman   had   was   unexpected   for   him.   oh,   how   many   times   he   had   been   slapped   for   being   a   “  pervert  ”   (   the   quotation   mark   here   is   ironical   )   and   this   time   was   not   different.   not   minding   the   pulsing   pain   on   his   cheek,   the   man   still   grins   at   the   other,   a   quiet   ‘   worth    it   ‘   leaving   his   lips   along   with   his   exhale.

                   strength   she   has   PLENTY   to   spare .               ‘t   is   impressive   that   one   could   drive   her   past   her   patience   &   cause   the   siren   to   slip   into   aggression .               it   did   make   her   soul   feel   lighter ,     however ,     &   while   her   features   show   apathy   as   she   blows   a   gentle   breeze   ‘pon   her   knuckles ,     she   is   SATISFIED .               oh ,     but   it   can   never   end   so   simply ,     can   it   ??               nay ,     the   dolt   just   has   to   mutter     ------     nothing   is   over   ‘till   the   antagonist   dares   not   speak   another   word .

          sharpness.  the flow of warm crimson running across the back of her hand and seeping between fingers is the only thing she can really feel on that side of her body besides the dull ache.  jessica can’t remember for the life of her , or anyone else that might be in trouble at the time , if she is in any real danger with where the point of access was made by that slick silver blade.

          but now she’s out of breath , chest rising and falling like her shoulders , the rumbled pounding of her heart filling her ears.  there’s a ringing there , quiet and at the back of her mind , but the more she stays here - leaned against the old , crumbled wall - she can swear there are voices in the white noise.  where are you ?  who are you ?  & one she’d heard charlie say before in a dream . . .

          does it hurt ?

                                  ❛     it’s   easy ,     you   just   take   a   weird   uncle   &   add   on   the   mentality   of   a   three - year - old ,     plus   the   deranged   calculation   of   a   pissed   mother   &   BADA   BING    ——     you   have   the   mind   of   a   criminal .     ❜

‘ RICK AND MORTY ‘ ASK MEME :: ACCEPTING

34.          how do they understand the world     —     what kind of worldview & thought processes do they have   ??          why   ??

he tries to look at the world through a lighter lens ,     looking for positives ,     things to make a crack about .               he recognizes that things are often not a walk in the park & thus tries to keep a positive view of things to make them easier to live through .               he considers anything even slightly tying him down to routine as theft of freedom ,     a thing he values very highly ,     & because of this tends to be incredibly impulsive .               his thought processes have a tendency of being very short lived ,     in the sense that they’re very brief & come seconds before he makes a decision ,     however ,     on the occasions he has a lot of time on hand to consider something ,     these processes tend to be very centered on the greater picture while at the same time being mainly focused on himself ,     a paradoxical phenomenon to be sure ,     but one he lives by rather consistently .               due to that ,     in the end ,     as much as he may believe he’s got everyone’s best interests in mind ,     he’ll often only consider what he thinks everyone’s best interests are & will act on what he himself thinks is the best course of action ,     & won’t stop in his tracks unless someone explicitly tells him something that they want that contradicts with what he thinks they want .