Sharpen your blades, the war drums call
10-09-2015, 11:31 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-09-2015, 11:32 AM by Shaye I.)
Shaye would be close enough as she followed to Star to witness his misstep, and that captured her attention. She watched him closely from them as she continued to pace behind him, not running to catch up but giving him some time to gather himself and know he was being followed. When she called out to him and he turned, displaying large blue eyes and unshod tears her heart did a little breaking. “Oh Star” she whispered, hopefully not loud enough for him to hear – hearing pity wasn't going to help him just then. The strange thing was, she was looking at him with her healer eyes, and she knew, she just knew what was wrong with him. Rhythm had covered, if briefly, mental healing as well as physical. Starling was having... a panic attack, and the knowledge of it surprised her. She had never seen anyone with it before, but everything Rhythm said fell into place – the shortness of breath, the stress and worry, the pain in his eyes, and hell, maybe even his stuttering had something to do with it, maybe he had mini panic attacks all the time – she didn't know very much about panic attacks or how big or small or often they could be. Anxiety was a symptom, and Star had a lot of that. She took a breath, and moved over to her cousin, sitting at his side if he wanted her to or not. “Have you ever heard of a panic attack, Star? Its an actual problem, just like a broken bone, and if you don't deal with it, it can fester, just like any other wound. From what I understand, its an imbalance of emotion and can display itself in shortness of breath, and, well, panic. I was curious if you've heard of it before. Did you know there are herbs and mental exercises that can help?” okay, that she was partly making up, but there where herbs for anxiety, surely that meant they could be used in situations like this? She struggled to remember anything Rhythm had said that was intended to help someone having a panic attack. Something about walking in circles and deep breaths, concentrating only on breathing, but she suddenly couldn't remember if that was someone having an asthma attack or someone having an anxiety attack. Aw hell, why hadn't she taken more time to learn about these kinda of conditions? Just because they weren't physical didn't mean they weren't real. She busied herself listing of herbs, so if Shaye didn't want to talk to her about panic attacks he could slip into another conversation just as easily. “I was thinking, we are going to need a lot of Trillium, so none of the potential bites can fester, but my only supply is really small. How much do you have?” she asked. |
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