Nonhealing Wounds

Old wounds never heal in most furry stories. No matter how long ago a traumatic event happened, a character will always cry and wail over it every time they recount it, like it just happened yesterday. Even those that seem to have recovered invariably explain why as if it's abnormal to move on with their lives. Their eyes well up with tears when describing how their mate died three years ago, and someone is always there to go "there there" and comfort them, even though they've been carrying on with the business of living quite a bit since then.

''“When I was twenty-five we all had leave time coming, and we decided to spend it together, we were planning it for weeks. We wanted to attend the Freedom Celebration on Chakona...” Dimalya tried to sputter a few more words, and started sobbing as I felt the tightness turn to full blown anguish. I got up and took hir in my arms as well as I could, without hurting my wing more. I held hir as shi cried, as shi screamed out hir agony and rage. Hir claws began digging into the connective tissue under my scales, I gritted my teeth and stayed silent.''-ECLIPSE SAGA By Joe Schoder (Chakatheaven Yahoo group) If she's no longer 25, that means that she could have gotten over this by now. Unless she's 26. Instead, she weeps whenever the topic is mentioned. At least this story has an excuse: Dimalya had calmed down; hir catharsis was a long time in coming, but shi had let it all out now and was more at peace than in years.Still, it makes me wonder how many years she'd gone without grieving.