Only it was Scarlet’s look that made clear to me what I needed to do. She was like a Siamese cat, self-contained and elegant, watching the crazies go by, but the look she shot me reminded me of the lesson she’d taught me. “There’s a world of difference between someone who uses violence against you in anger and one who does so in controlled and agreed to conditions. One is abuse. You didn’t consent to that. You never signed up to being beaten. They decided to violate your bodily autonomy to gain power over you by force. Someone who uses impact play is given power over you, until such point as
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