White text on a black background. The first and third lines are italicized for Cainen’s thoughts.
It was the accident, wasn't it?
"Kid, it's not quite that simple."
Just tell me. Enough of your weird secretive
bullshit.
"Yes. It was the accident. That's how we work. When you undergo something traumatic, it changes your brain. Again, just science. For us, that means... it's easier to get in. Think of everyone's head as a room behind a locked door. Technically you can still get in, but you either need a key or you need to know how to pick locks. Most of us don't have that skill. The accident was like taking an axe to that door. Leaves room for us to enter. How big the axe is and how wide the hole is just depend on the individual. Sometimes minor things bust the door wide open. Sometimes the axe just bounces off. You people are weird like that."
Had to use a synonym again for today’s #WIPsnips. The word was #broad, I went with #wide. It shows up twice here. Wright the immortal parasite finally gives Cainen some answers (and more questions, of course).
#writing #wip #ya #horror #queer #trans #mentalillness #trauma