I wasn’t born this way, I earned it. With pencil smudges and a tired wrist, hours squinting at the folds of an ear, with late nights and a library of reference images, I brought myself here.
Emily was not good at many things — at cooking or driving or being a good friend or lover — but her greatest skill was her dancing. When she came out from the wings at the ballet and took flight, you forgot your every petty grievance with her, every time she had wronged you (or cooked you the worst dinner you had ever tasted), and lost yourself in the music of her dance.
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She processed an unique skill, of being able to talk quietly when people were shouting at each other, and get them to quiet down, talk peacefully and come to a solution. She used her skill for years and was acknowledged as a peacemaker, until someone assassinated her. “Too much peace,” people said.
I wasn’t born this way, I earned it. With pencil smudges and a tired wrist, hours squinting at the folds of an ear, with late nights and a library of reference images, I brought myself here.
Emily was not good at many things — at cooking or driving or being a good friend or lover — but her greatest skill was her dancing. When she came out from the wings at the ballet and took flight, you forgot your every petty grievance with her, every time she had wronged you (or cooked you the worst dinner you had ever tasted), and lost yourself in the music of her dance.
She processed an unique skill, of being able to talk quietly when people were shouting at each other, and get them to quiet down, talk peacefully and come to a solution. She used her skill for years and was acknowledged as a peacemaker, until someone assassinated her. “Too much peace,” people said.