That's often just as harmful as a physical attack. [Physical attacks, at least, are easier to process, to react to and adapt to. Esther is no fighter, but she is keen and fast enough to keep alive in the face of violence. At least she had been until Kate. But mockery can be damaging, confusing, debilitating, in a way that simple violence can't - it's a powerful weapon, virtually regardless of who uses it.
This isn't to say she begrudges it of Jack. It sounds very much like she'd have torn this man down too if given the chance.]
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This isn't to say she begrudges it of Jack. It sounds very much like she'd have torn this man down too if given the chance.]
And you helped the people he hurt?