'There was a time I couldn’t lift a hand — not even for myself. Now look: steady fingers, no tremble. Stillness is violence." "This time, I don’t flinch." "You think healing makes you kind. It doesn’t. It just means you know exactly where to strike. I learned silence not as submission — but as incision." "I can hurt and walk away. I've grown I've fought Call it whatever keeps you safe and sane. I won’t." "I carried pain like it was sacred. Today, it’s just a sign. And I'm blind to it when it slows me." No more shrines to my suffering. No more mercy I didn’t choose." "I can cut and stay whole. I can leave and still live. This isn’t madness. This is clarity. This is peace — in the killing." "Your blood wouldn’t fix me. But I don't need fixing. I could end you without trembling. And that, is how you know I’ve healed. "I’m better now. So much better, you should worry."
