Skwisgaar’s secret reasons. (and a weird take on the “power” prompt) Disclaimer: I do not own them, and all that stuff. They were practicing together, for a change. “Toki, you ams playings way to sloppies. You mights as well just be givings up, you will never be as good as me, nots ever.” “I really hates you Skwisgaar.” They’d been getting along so well lately, too well. The fighting has ...
... I wanted (and still want) to let people in to this dark and dirty mind of mine... But any time someone gets too close to truly knowing me I push them away... I get angry.... I hurt them... As a self preservation tool... I know I do it... I know it's wrong... Unhealthy.... Why can't I stop? I can't face my own mind let alone let someone else in to that dirty mess... I do try and have tried ...
... as if he meant it. Any more than about three years younger and they sort of lost their appeal to him. He didn't know why, they just did, though it was probably some sort of self-preservationkicking in. Idly he wondered if there were the same statutory rape laws in place in this Konoha; thanks to Orochimaru's misdeeds, there were some very stiff laws about ages of consent in the hidden village ...
...it doesn’t really matter. On the road: The difference from what it was like when I was 14 is that you learn how to cope with it. You really learn how to live on the road. It’s like self preservation: you can get stuff done anywhere. There isn’t anywhere that I haven’t been any more. Different things take priority and doing an incredible show every night is what it’s based on. It’s not that it ...
...also sworn, as aforesaid." - P.Tebt . 2.293 Water and fire used in the worship of Serapis “Water and fire, the most beautiful of the elements, they reverence as being chief causes of our preservation, and exhibit them also in their temples; as, I believe, even now at the opening of the sanctuary of Serapis the worship is performed by means of fire and water, the precentor pouring out the water...
...of relief but far-sighted people realized that this made Darmini the central battleground. Your father was one of those visionaries and as a young boy had always dreamed of joining the Ministry of Knowledge Preservation. He succeeded and rose to a fairly prominent position. Sadly, this often meant he wasn't around, but you knew he was out accomplishing big things and you hoped to join him someday....
... places in his mind. He knew about them…he knew what was there, but the intimate details, the fine memory of moments spent learning to please his Master were blissfully still gone in whateverstroke of self preservation his mind had given him when it couldn't handle them anymore. Dean drew in a shaky breath. The tide of memory seemed to fade, pull back and leave him more or less where he'd been ...
...was almost exactly like the room he shared in Gryffindor Tower, but it somehow felt more sinister. “You know, Potter,” Malfoy said conversationally, “you came awfully willingly. Don’t you have any sense of self-preservation?” For some reason the words brought Harry back to life. “You know what, Malfoy? I’m out of here. I don’t know what game you’re playing—” Malfoy’s pale eyes were intent as he...
...Head Girl .” James tensed nervously. “We established that.” Sirius went on as if James hadn’t spoken. “You dumped the Head Girl for me .” It wasn’t a question, and every self-preservationinstinct that James had ever even thought of possessing started screaming as he reflexively bleated “No!” They stared at each other. “Oh, Merlin, James,” Sirius muttered, with an explosive little exhale of ...
...! I mean that sincerely! You walk around with that stupid rope and you're all, "la la la I'm still alive even though by all rights I should be deadten-thousand times over because I have no self-preservation to speak of and I'm a shoddy dresser' --" "Hey!" "Shoddy dresser! And you're a sorcerer! That's the worst thing you could possibly be! Why couldn't you have been a bard, or a candlestick ...
