------ ¹ @evl-qn / ² uncharted sentence starters .. i am surrounded by traitors and fools.
a fool is not who she is, but maddie supposes there are people out there who would consider her a traitor in their version of events. versions she wouldn't be able to deny if confronted with. like aged vinegar and lemons she isn't quite palatable to most. burns the chest a little. leaves a bitter aftertaste. WOULD IT BE MORE OR LESS CONCERNING TO SAY THE APOCALYPSE MADE HER THIS WAY? opinion is, after all, a subjective thing. there will always be dirt & grime & blood at the end of a conflict if her name heralds the surrounding air. “ everybody is just trying to survive. ” for all the hard truths in the world, at least there are still some easy ones left. the type you don't have to rearrange your insides to make peace with. she swallows them down with her own spit and sets them off to sea. doesn't think twice as they set sail. everything is salted and sour the further down you go. “ if there's anythin' left to put your trust in, it's that. ” she can't even argue with it. when she wakes up in the morning with her kids by her side, blood still surging through the veins, hearts still pounding and the rosiness of life still flushing their cheeks— she doesn't think about the lonely woes of betrayal and curse the sin of a man she doesn't even believe in anymore. she gets up and keeps going. because she's still damn alive to do so. “ you telling me you never betrayed anybody? ”