nolongerhollow: (hmm?)
Count Vladislaus Dracula ([personal profile] nolongerhollow) wrote in [personal profile] reactivates 2012-06-03 12:54 am (UTC)

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Good. I wish I could be of more use, but to be honest I am only beginning to explore my condition from magical and scientific standpoints. [He just likes her. She's fun, and clearly well meaning, and she has an open mind.]

Well...if you can imagine for a moment, being a perfect sociopath. People become cyphers to you, devoid of emotional meaning, like...video game people. It does not matter if you kill them because they do not seem real to you. Then suddenly your sociopathy is cured, and people suddenly grow faces and feelings and reasons to care about them...and you have to face what you did to them when you did not care.

It took me almost a year of slowly regaining my emotional self before I could truly do that. Unlike Willow, I have a soul, but it bears a demonic taint that I am dealing with getting rid of. So all in all the process was easier on me than it will be on her. She will get it all at once. There will likely be tears, rage, shame, self-loathing and possibly self-destructiveness. The worst will be over within a week, but real recovery could take months.

You will note, however, that I am not warning you off of this approach. Merely speaking of what to expect.

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