Naming it
why kindness makes you cry when cruelty doesn't
Naming it
Naming it
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Here's why unexpected kindness makes you cry when cruelty doesn't.
You've been braced for cruelty so long that it lands on armor.
Kindness doesn't hit the armor. It walks around it, to the part of you still keeping score of what you needed.
The tears aren't weakness. They're the sound of the guard finally standing down for a second. Let it.