Sworn beneath the old gods (and new).
Carried like iron under the cloak.
Faith · 2022-11-29
The hardest part is not finding five minutes. It is surviving them honestly. I sit in the dawn light with my eyes closed and try to breathe without turning the breathing into another task. The door is shut. The phone is left alone. [more]
Faith · 2022-08-02
The useful kind of misery has an exit. That sounds almost indecent in some religious rooms, and in plenty of military-adjacent ones too. People like pain better when it looks meaningful from a distance. Cold becomes discipline. Hunger becomes purification. Exhaustion becomes proof. [more]
Faith · 2021-10-12
The first lie is usually reasonable. Not dramatic. Not wicked. Just reasonable enough to pass inspection when a man is tired, comfortable, successful, or surrounded by evidence that nothing has fallen apart yet. I will do it tomorrow. I have earned the rest. [more]
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