"Murfling"?
Don't get me wrong -- I'm not objecting, the meaning seems fairly obvious, and I rather like the sound of it -- but I'm just idly curious as to whether you got that word from somewhere else or is it supposed to be the protagonist's private (or family, or colleagues') neologism.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
Don't get me wrong -- I'm not objecting, the meaning seems fairly obvious, and I rather like the sound of it -- but I'm just idly curious as to whether you got that word from somewhere else or is it supposed to be the protagonist's private (or family, or colleagues') neologism.
Quote:"Pouring a bit of life" into him for healing wouldn't let her tell, one way or the other? One minute, she's giving up some of her own life force to give him healing he didn't consider crucially essential (or he would've contacted a known professional for it, wouldn't he?), and the next she doesn't trust him with a verbal description of her capabilities? Can you do that sort of transfer as a purely one-way, no-feedback thing? I don't know; it seems skewed, somehow. Of course, he does say there's something terribly wrong with her world, but it might be good if he comments -- either in his thoughts, or, better, directly to her -- on this particular dichotomy. "Wait a minute -- opening up to merge your life-force into mine didn't let you know if I'm real or not?"
I really hate to say this, but how do I know that you're not an elaborate shadow construct designed by one of the Lords of Darkness to try to get information out of me?
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.