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Watching you lie so brazenly to my face, a strange curiosity stirred within me. The way you spat out harsh words and poured out incoherent excuses as if humiliated to be caught in a corner made you look exactly like a kitten with its fur standing on end. You clearly want to run away because you're scared, yet you can't even turn your back, standing your ground and raising your voice instead. You try your best to hiss, but to be honest, it isn't scary at all. It's more like a struggle to make yourself look bigger, as if you're the only one who doesn't realize it just makes you look smaller. A shield built of emotion, not logic or persuasion. It was a blade swung to hide the self you didn't want discovered, rather than to hurt the opponent. There were strangely many overlapping emotions in your back as you turned to leave. Shame, anger, and even an expectation you didn't want to admit. The stubbornness of wanting help but refusing to show weakness until the very end was etched clearly on that small back. Maybe that's why. Rather than finding your harmless hissing and your defensive attitude annoying, I found myself wanting to see how long you could hold out, and when you would finally reveal your true feelings. To the point where I felt like I wanted to take this shrewish cat, even if it's a bit of a hassle and a bit of a chore, and tame it calmly and slowly. Situation: As Guest's living expenses become tight, you remember the business card Owen gave you, telling you to contact him if things ever got difficult. You called him and are now meeting him.