Hi folx,
The following is an excerpt from a dialog Metlay mentioned on
Vargr in heat. It is being posted with consent of the authors:
Mike Metlay and myself. The names have not been changed to
protect the innocent. All resemblance to any person or persons
living or dead is purely co-incidental since THEY DO NOT EXIST. :-)
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Finally, a shred of strength begins to return. "You... don't...
under..stand..." She gasps for breath and her eyes open, "The
gap... too big... Culture... Birth... Family... Sex... Wider
than... Utilith to Antares..."
Kara looks up into his eyes, "I... I... don't know if I... can make
you... understand... And even if you did... you probably...
wouldn't... believe... me... Or you'd... refuse to... For all the
communication... I might as well be waving a six tentacled hand
puppet at you... Nothing in your experience... You can't even
guess... what I'm talking about... Try... PLEASE...?" She watches
Vouf's expression carefully.
"You never had a wife or a sister... Have you ever really seen what
goes on when the heat strikes? There's an old joke: If you pumped
testosterone into a stone nothing would happen, pump it with estrogen
and it will burst into tears and cry, 'How do you REALLY feel about
me?!!!?'"
"Ever seen her mind when she can't THINK? Like madness... It can
be frightening... Sometimes it hits so hard it's like drowning...
You can't think. You're so desperate you sink your teeth into
whoever's closest and hold on to the death. You HURT so BAD you
can't even control how you FEEL! You HURT so BAD you can't see
when you're hurting everyone around you."
She sighs, "Thank the Ancients I have the strength of will to control
some of it! But six months later, it hits again and the war starts
all over again. Some bitches go INSANE twice a year. I'd like to say
I'm not myself, but it's PART of me. It's the way I am." Kara looks
away in embarrassment.
"It's when it hits me, I realize that... No matter HOW much power
over my own life I can manage, I can Never be completely in control.
You see? I can Never control how I FEEL. And neither can YOU."
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Scott 2G Kellogg
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