Midnight Confessions

[KAELIA BRYNN HALLOWAY]

"And what sort of emotion is that?" he asks

I pause at this, eyes on the Tribrid.

"I-I guess I just miss him," I finally respond.

"You've always missed him. That did not silence your brain to the point of defence." he counters, "I have never seen an emotion strong enough to do so, even in a state of perpetual fear where the human mind is locked into a state of survival and