★; fight or flight sentence starters. some can be combined seamlessly for more personalization. i.e., “get away!” + “i’ll scream.” = “get away! i’ll scream.”
“don’t touch me!” “just try it.” “i don’t have anything on me. i swear.” “you wanna go?” “if you take one more step, i’m dialing my emergency contact.” “i’ve got a knife on me and i know how to use it.” “i’ll scream.” “think you can take me?” “i’ve got pepper spray.” “want my key in your eye socket?” “okay, okay. you want my wallet, right? it’s yours. just put that thing down.” “go ahead, but it’s not gonna end the way you think.” “please don’t. i have someone waiting at home.” “hope you’re ready to regret this.” “help!” “you picked the wrong person to corner.” “no!” “don’t even try it.” “please, no. i just got back on my feet.” “how do you like the taste of cement?” “get away!” “lay a finger on me and i’ll make sure you never use it again.” “just walk away.” “if you start something, i won’t hesitate to finish it.” “i don’t want any trouble.” “i’m already in an awful mood and i’d hate for there to be a casualty because of it.” “don’t come any closer!” “what are you gonna do? stab me?” “fuck off.” “try me. see what happens.” “i have somewhere i need to be, so—” “brought a gun to a knife fight? that’s some piss poor manners.” “there’s surveillance cameras, you know.” “you might want to rethink whatever you’re about to do.” “how is this a fair fight?”