[He seems to be struggling for words through a haze.]
Are you back? To Normal?
[He feels disconnected and floaty. There are times this has happened in the past, especially certain times when he was young. It got easier as he got older. To not go away in his head for as long.]
[It was important to not get too dazed in some situations of danger, like his scout trials.]
[And it helped that he'd made less mistakes for Belos to get angry with, that he'd become a better soldier. A better tool. A better extension of his will. Better at not questioning him or saying things that angereed him.]
[It also helped that he learned how to get better at ducking.]
cw: warning of probably mention of child abuse in the rest of the thread
[He seems to be struggling for words through a haze.]
Are you back? To Normal?
[He feels disconnected and floaty. There are times this has happened in the past, especially certain times when he was young. It got easier as he got older. To not go away in his head for as long.]
[It was important to not get too dazed in some situations of danger, like his scout trials.]
[And it helped that he'd made less mistakes for Belos to get angry with, that he'd become a better soldier. A better tool. A better extension of his will. Better at not questioning him or saying things that angereed him.]
[It also helped that he learned how to get better at ducking.]