26. Survival
survival
noun
1. the act or fact of living or continuing longer than another person or thing
2. the continuation of life or existence
Survival. Continuing to outlive others. Valkyrie was pretty sure that she had the whole concept down by now. After all, that's what she did on a daily basis. Survive. Outlive the enemy. The innocent. And your friends.
The definition of the word was completely accurate, but it wasn't right. Survival was continuously perceived as beating the odds, to go through something potentially fatal and make it out alive.
Valkyrie was tired of that.
They didn't understand; survival was about living. But more often then not, it meant that you weren't dead just yet. It meant that you might not have made it out alive whole. It meant that you might be missing an arm, or your heart, or a piece of your soul. It meant that you might've made it through, but you would still have to go on. And on. And on. Fighting every day to keep going.
She had seen so many things. Amazing things. Horrible things. Often, they were the same. Valkyrie couldn't really tell, anymore. They all blurred together, the fantastic and the cruel. She had lived through many dangers, had been tortured so many times. But she was still standing.
They all thought that that was all that mattered, being able to endure the worst and make it out unscathed. They didn't know that nobody went through anything without changing in the slightest. She didn't let them know. She was broken inside, but she gathered up the pieces and put on a show.
Because that's what survival was. Pretending to live when you were dead.
I'm not quite sure where that went...
Now. Before I forget: I have observed that there has been 1616 views on In Between, which averages out to about 62 views per chapter. I get 1.5 reviews per chapter. The views and the reviews don't quite add up, people...
Sorry, it's just that lack of inspiration makes for angst and repetitive drabbles. Review and inspire, please!
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