incredulity briefly flickers . she swallows back a scoff . she hardly considers herself the only person who tries to be optimistic, please. ` well, yeah . it’s hard not t’ notice . kinda just—-roundhouse kicks you in the face sometimes, too .”
they don’t mean it as an OFFENSE, no: they merely want to say they understand. they’ve been one to HOPE for changes, but they didn’t come & they grew used to it. “no joke, man. no joke. life’s a fucking drag sometimes and its ways of making you notice it usually are pretty... HARSH.”













