I’m SHIELD SAR. If I have your mental id, when you’re buried under six floors of collapsed building I can pass on that it’s you and your current state. *her eyes crinkle with her smile* You don’t seem to have any dark, horrible secrets hiding under that calm mask; I wouldn’t worry.
I…see. Luckily, I don’t see myself being buried under a collapsed building – I have my own escape route in sticky situations like those. *huffs in amusement and smiles serenely* I would think the nature of a mask is to hide something that you don’t wish to be found. So…forgive my bluntness, but in that sense, you’d be wrong.
You must be like my sister, then. You two would probably get along like a house afire. *rolls eyes and makes a wry face* Whatever it is you don’t talk about, it’s no more horrible than anyone else’s I’ve ever seen. Everyone wants to think their secrets are the worst, the most awful, the deepest cutting. Truly, *shrugs* pain is pain, and equally awful in all persons.
Mm, I don’t believe I know your sister – what could make you say that? *looks vaguely amused* I never claimed that my past was any worse than the ones of others and I don’t pretend to compare what I’ve been through to the experiences any other person has had. I just know I paid some very high prices for the life I have now and only now in hindsight can I say the pain and loss was…I suppose worth it but I have a hard time accepting that.
She’s got a similar skill. *eyes flick down, then up* I’m prying a little. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t do that. It’s odd to me that so many … misfits find their way here.