OBSERVING THE MASK

It was different. Seeing her like this. All angry and violent. She used her Empathy against people in ways I couldn't have imagined. She showed them what she was feeling. She let them know what they had done to her. It was like watching another side of her I never knew. Her calm façade had disappeared. Ripped straight off. Her mask of smiles and sarcasm was tossed aside for seriousness and anger. It was the rare occasion that I would ever see this. And it wasn't what I expected.

She was so…ruthless, almost. Using her power in the active way that it wasn't meant for. So unlike her.