[ (He doesn't understand, of course. How could he? He's never had guidance from anyone - with the exception, perhaps, of a lover or two who used him for some misadventure or another. To manipulate a person, you have to care about them at least a little, and when he was a boy there was no one who cared for him even that tiny amount.)
He does understand that this emotion goes far beyond the hurt of realizing that someone had infantilized you and taken your power away. Beyond a rich fellow realizing that his footman would hide his shoelaces to make sure he needed help to get dressed. He's not sure, however, how to deal with that emotion. He's not even sure how to identify it. ]
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Date: 2021-09-03 03:29 pm (UTC)He does understand that this emotion goes far beyond the hurt of realizing that someone had infantilized you and taken your power away. Beyond a rich fellow realizing that his footman would hide his shoelaces to make sure he needed help to get dressed. He's not sure, however, how to deal with that emotion. He's not even sure how to identify it. ]
Are you - angry?