"I don't suppose you'd believe I'm a good guesser?" she said, but even as she said it she knew at a basic, fundamental level that if she needed to tell Nuriko to convince her that this feeling wouldn't last forever, she would do so in a heartbeat.
She'd have the responsibility.
So I guess not all power is spider-based. Some of it's just having been through a thing.
"Or that... I know a thing or two about a thing or two. And one of those things is that it does get better. You'll go a few minutes without thinking about the things you can't stop thinking about now, without comparing and noticing and seeming wrong, and then more than a few. And you'll realize you did, and at first it'll be kind of a panic, shit, now I'm thinking about it again, but as it gets longer and longer you think, I didn't think about it for a whole hour. It'll feel good, realizing that. And your brain likes things that feel good, and it's a strange and adaptable creature, and it gets longer, and... it gets better? It gets better."
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She'd have the responsibility.
So I guess not all power is spider-based. Some of it's just having been through a thing.
"Or that... I know a thing or two about a thing or two. And one of those things is that it does get better. You'll go a few minutes without thinking about the things you can't stop thinking about now, without comparing and noticing and seeming wrong, and then more than a few. And you'll realize you did, and at first it'll be kind of a panic, shit, now I'm thinking about it again, but as it gets longer and longer you think, I didn't think about it for a whole hour. It'll feel good, realizing that. And your brain likes things that feel good, and it's a strange and adaptable creature, and it gets longer, and... it gets better? It gets better."