Fragile Mind

Stress wasn't new. It was something they knew they had to experience in their world yet it felt worse here.

Cram study for topics they won't remember.

Stress about the cat and his grades.

Stress about the ace and the spade and their grades.

Stress about their grades.

The stress felt heavy, making it harder to do anything.

Stress that they wouldn't feel if they weren't here.
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It was easy to tell that their grades were dropping. The look the teachers give said it all.

Why couldn't they do better? Why can't they be better?

They should be better.

It doesn't matter if they're human, they have to be perfect, good, kind, caring-

They hated the image people see them as.

They hated how they see themself.
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Watching people take their practicals in magic, watching people pass and fail. Listening in, taking nothing in.

Magic testing, a test on something they don't have.

Something they feel like they should have. Something that would help them fit in with the rest.

Something to give them an answer on why their here.

Something to make this pain go away.
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