"it takes grace to remain kind in cruel situations" - Rapi Kaur (milk and honey) * * * TW: mentions of violence. Dahlia's just on her way to the small corner shop one morning when she meets him. Ozia lies on the ground in a dark alleyway, face bruised and drifting off. She's terrified of why Ozia got in this situation in the first place, but with a heart of gold she finds it difficult to just leave him. In the meantime, her mother takes a loan. A loan she's unable to pay back and from a person who's not very forgiving. What will Dahlia do? How will she be able to get enough money to pay back this loan? * * * It is in the eyes, you know. I mean, they do say that the eyes are the window to your soul. I suppose it could be right. But, that depends if your soul is your true self, or just the way you are in a particular time or place. My mother for example. When she's frantically cleaning the house while humming, is it her true self? Or, when she's laying in her bed, barely getting up to pee, is that her true self? Or... when she's agitated, unable to calm down, blaming me for everything and nothing - is that her true self? Or. Is that just how she is in a particular time or place?
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