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She was not suicidal; that is what people never managed to grasp. Cutting relieved the pressure and stood as some enduring demonstration of her emotion, some way to be in control of a body that could toss her about with seizures. It was borderline artistic to mark her body, chiaroscuro designs in blood. Dying is the last thing she would want, like any healthy organism. A little pain, a small invoked sting trailing her arm, brought her much closer to grounded when she could not keep her head from racing, her thoughts from consuming her with obsession. An ounce of liquid weight loss and she could go back to being herself again. Usually.
She was not suicidal; that is what people never managed to grasp. Cutting relieved the pressure and stood as some enduring demonstration of her emotion, some way to be in control of a body that could toss her about with seizures. It was borderline artistic to mark her body, chiaroscuro designs in blood. Dying is the last thing she would want, like any healthy organism. A little pain, a small invoked sting trailing her arm, brought her much closer to grounded when she could not keep her head from racing, her thoughts from consuming her with obsession. An ounce of liquid weight loss and she could go back to being herself again. Usually.
Approximate author period: c. 2011 AD · contemporary
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- Thomm Quackenbush
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Approximate historical context for attribution to Thomm Quackenbush, based on documented writing activity in 2011. Original author bibliography lists We Shadows, Double Dragon Publishing, 2011. The separate contract date is not used as a publication date. Source: Biography and Bibliography — Thomm Quackenbush, https://thommquackenbush.com/about.php (checked 2026-10-09). This does not establish the composition date or authenticate the attribution of these words. Source: https://thommquackenbush.com/about.php (accessed 2026-10-09).
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