So . . . huh.
May. 22nd, 2003 06:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
x_multiplemanI actually finished backreading this system yesterday, but it took me a while to figure out if I had anything to say about it.
I mean, it's not every day you find out that the place your parents sent you so you'd be safe had just been attacked the week before by the U.S. government.
But, I mean . . . now that I know that, it does answer a lot of questions, like, why people have been so edgy, and--
Damn, though, if I hadn't backread like that I dunno if I would've known much was wrong, I mean, I thought you guys were just sort of quiet, and maybe having some trouble with your powers. A week ago today you guys were hiding out, or captured, or on the run, and . . . now you're going to class and planning barbecues. I don't want to say it's like nothing ever happened, because I can see that stuff happened.
But I guess what I want to say is, I think I'd still be a complete wreck if I'd been here last week. And you guys aren't, and I really admire that.
And if there's anything I can do to help, I don't know what, but if you guys think of anything I can do, there's pretty much always a spare me around to do it.
I think I still have a lot of thinking to do about this stuff, so this may not make a lot of sense. But I just thought I should say something.
I mean, it's not every day you find out that the place your parents sent you so you'd be safe had just been attacked the week before by the U.S. government.
But, I mean . . . now that I know that, it does answer a lot of questions, like, why people have been so edgy, and--
Damn, though, if I hadn't backread like that I dunno if I would've known much was wrong, I mean, I thought you guys were just sort of quiet, and maybe having some trouble with your powers. A week ago today you guys were hiding out, or captured, or on the run, and . . . now you're going to class and planning barbecues. I don't want to say it's like nothing ever happened, because I can see that stuff happened.
But I guess what I want to say is, I think I'd still be a complete wreck if I'd been here last week. And you guys aren't, and I really admire that.
And if there's anything I can do to help, I don't know what, but if you guys think of anything I can do, there's pretty much always a spare me around to do it.
I think I still have a lot of thinking to do about this stuff, so this may not make a lot of sense. But I just thought I should say something.
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Date: 2017-12-27 05:22 pm (UTC)May 22 2003, 17:34:49 UTC
I think you'll find that your classmates are what one might call 'survivors,' and against all odds, they do a tremendous job of it. You're right to be impressed.
The problem with a traumatic event like that, something so horrible and over so quickly, is that it's something akin to if a person in a thick crowd were to punch you in the nose, then promptly disappear. You're left with the dilemma that there's nothing to be done immediately in the way of retaliation, you don't know if it might happen again, your nose stings like mad, and the crowd around you is insisting that you keep walking. So, first and foremost, you keep walking.
We're doing our best to make this place as safe as we possibly can for all of you. That is, in fact, our number one priority. Obviously, a week ago, we were unprepared; now, forewarned is forearmed. I can only pray that we will not be unprepared ever again.
If you'd like to talk, you can come find me later. Any one of you, in fact.
x_crowdofone
May 22 2003, 20:13:26 UTC
Guess I know why Mr. Summers recommended I sign up for that self-defense class.
Thanks, Dr. McCoy. I may just take you up on that. Still got a couple things I'm confused about.