Love is ultimately selfish. It demands that you value one person above all else, that you devote everything to them. I can’t do that—I won’t.

...tenacious. x.com/bestdamnpilct/…

• | i’m not feeling all that satisfied with my writing tonight, so i’ll be sticking to banter until i’m confident that i’m putting out quality replies rather than quantity. this goes for all of my accounts.

❝I ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴀʟᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴅʀᴏɪᴅꜱ ɪɴ ʙɪɴᴀʀʏ. Uɴғᴏʀᴛᴜɴᴀᴛᴇʟʏ﹐ I ᴜꜱᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴇɴᴅ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛᴀxᴇꜱ.❞ ꜱᴡʀᴘ ʀᴇʙᴇʟ OC Nᴏᴛ ɴᴇᴡ ᴛᴏ RP ST Mɪʀʀᴏʀꜱ ᴅᴇꜱᴄʀɪᴘᴛɪᴏɴ Dʀᴏɪᴅ ʟᴏᴠᴇʀ Lɪᴛ/Dᴇꜱᴄ RT ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ﹖ Tʜᴀɴᴋꜱ﹗

Was it necessary to do three shots? No. Do I regret it? That remains to be seen.

Sacrifice yourself and let me have what’s left.

Oh, hi, thanks for checking in, I’m still a piece of garbage.

She’s lurking, out in the open for the first time in a few weeks. Everything had looked familiar but felt different in ways it hadn’t before she’d returned—it’d made her wary, so the assassin had chosen to shut herself in her quarters after being released from her duties.

She watches, silent and listless, as people talk and laugh in the mess hall with an ease that she does not understand—there is nothing feigned about their smiles, no edges to their laughter: what do they have to be so happy about?

• | I’m...back, I think. Like this if I owe you a response.

I hope you didn’t miss me too much. curiouscat.me/resilienced

I suppose an explanation for my absence is required: a mission went south. I’ll leave it at that unless you truly wish to know more. (She doesn’t say that her partner had left her for dead and that she’d had to crawl back to her ship, bleeding out and fighting against fate.)

Pokes. — G l a r e s. “Scavenger.” curiouscat.me/resilienced/po…

Glares as well. “ Failed assassin.. “ — “There’s always a next time.” curiouscat.me/resilienced/po…

My favorite woman to be intimidated by. Glad to see you back. — My favorite pilot that refuses to be blown out of the sky. It’s good to be back. curiouscat.me/resilienced/po…

Have you ever looked at someone and said to yourself, 'its going to hurt when they leave'? Every time I see you, that's what I... — I don’t allow myself to become attached enough for that thought to pass through my head. (Yes.) curiouscat.me/resilienced/po…

• | Is this verse still alive? Waves nervously. Hello...