It wouldn't be fair -- no matter how true it might be -- to say you can't protect me from what's coming. The threats are all internal, and never manifest until they've already attacked: the thoughts and memories he can't quiet, the nightmares that never stop. It's warding off symptoms, not the cause.
Because there's no way to truly ward off the cause. It's too late.
He tries not to sniffle, fails, and shuts his eyes again.
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It wouldn't be fair -- no matter how true it might be -- to say you can't protect me from what's coming. The threats are all internal, and never manifest until they've already attacked: the thoughts and memories he can't quiet, the nightmares that never stop. It's warding off symptoms, not the cause.
Because there's no way to truly ward off the cause. It's too late.
He tries not to sniffle, fails, and shuts his eyes again.