#tw implied conditioning

[for-the-love-of-angst]

Taron, how long did it take you to learn to wait for permission to speak?

TW: MUZZLE MENTION, SWEARING, AAAAND PAST CONDITIONING

He swallows hard, clenches his fists and then his jaw.

"It was month 7, day 14 in solitary with that fu-....with the muzzle on." He grins a little but it's hollow. It doesn't reach his eyes which looks beyond you and into the darkness of the past. "Don't, I don't....I don't remember what I said though. It pi... It made Atta, it made Zever so angry though."

He blinks, jerked back to the present by his nails digging into his palm. It takes him a minute but he glowers at you.

"I'm allowed to....I'm allowed to say whatever the fuck I, I want." He swallows again, scratching the scars in his arms and speaks quietly this time, "I'm allowed to speak."