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She smiles with her eyes and not her lips because her eyes say more than her lips ever could. She tells a story of hope and heartbreak without moving a muscle. The deep breaths were once her flotation devices, but now she has become dependent on them because she feels without those devices, she'll stop breathing all together. Tight lipped smiles are a safe haven because a full smile would reveal too much about her. These same reserved smiles are only present to hold back the bandolier of bite sized munitions. She keeps it bottled inside despite the building pressure for the sake of the people she loves.

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