"Don't we all," Stacia says dryly. Pity sucks, and a lot of Garou seem to read sympathy and empathy as pity or at least forms of it. It's why she usually takes the so-called gentle bullying route, where she makes not talking about a problem more difficult than talking about it. It at least lets her channel the judgmental tendencies she can never quite shake so that they're toward the behaviors rather than the person.
But losing your whole pack...that's rough. Not only have you lost a friend, a close companion, even a family member, with all that such a loss would entail, but you feel it. And that's just one pack member. Kenzie lost five, she lost her entire support system in one go. And Garou aren't meant to be alone, even ones on a vengeance quest.
"Maybe I should just..." Stacia waves a hand in frustration. "Sit on her and make her listen to stories about my dead packmates until her empathy overcomes her dumb toxic programming. Maybe that will work."
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"Don't we all," Stacia says dryly. Pity sucks, and a lot of Garou seem to read sympathy and empathy as pity or at least forms of it. It's why she usually takes the so-called gentle bullying route, where she makes not talking about a problem more difficult than talking about it. It at least lets her channel the judgmental tendencies she can never quite shake so that they're toward the behaviors rather than the person.
But losing your whole pack...that's rough. Not only have you lost a friend, a close companion, even a family member, with all that such a loss would entail, but you feel it. And that's just one pack member. Kenzie lost five, she lost her entire support system in one go. And Garou aren't meant to be alone, even ones on a vengeance quest.
"Maybe I should just..." Stacia waves a hand in frustration. "Sit on her and make her listen to stories about my dead packmates until her empathy overcomes her dumb toxic programming. Maybe that will work."