Wouldn't ask, if I didn't think it mattered. Promise y'that.
[ rests there a moment, wrestling over how much to offer. he was born in this body, and if it ever sits ill, strange —
cedric can write his letters for either hand, outrun any knight in his squad. knows how high he can jump, how hard he can punch, how long he tends to bleed. he's learned what kind of pain you can push through; that you can make anything that kind, for a little while. if you have to. he knows the smell of his skin burning, and the shiny colour of scar, he knows this shape.
and he knows that no mastery will ever really be enough. one way or another, your body betrays you. theirs, maybe more than some. ]
When my beard started in, I'd do anything t'rip it out. Real hack job. Cut my cheeks seven ways for sixpence. Most kids, y'know, they were excited. Trying these awful wispy mustaches — but I hated it. Couldn't see myself under there. Couldn't see my uncles' faces no more.
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[ rests there a moment, wrestling over how much to offer. he was born in this body, and if it ever sits ill, strange —
cedric can write his letters for either hand, outrun any knight in his squad. knows how high he can jump, how hard he can punch, how long he tends to bleed. he's learned what kind of pain you can push through; that you can make anything that kind, for a little while. if you have to. he knows the smell of his skin burning, and the shiny colour of scar, he knows this shape.
and he knows that no mastery will ever really be enough. one way or another, your body betrays you. theirs, maybe more than some. ]
When my beard started in, I'd do anything t'rip it out. Real hack job. Cut my cheeks seven ways for sixpence. Most kids, y'know, they were excited. Trying these awful wispy mustaches — but I hated it. Couldn't see myself under there. Couldn't see my uncles' faces no more.