In a foul mood now after Althea used the power of her wish to Command Anwen. Anwen paces and shakes, that overwhelming Need / Desire to do as she was told just makes her shake to her core. The realization that Althea could command her to do Anything and she would be forced to do it without question, her emotions for now remained her own. But she wondered how long that would be true. How long till certain psychological events would make her a willing slave to the beautiful Althea. Or till being stuck in this ancient hole of a time drives her to try and 'fix' things either by updating their technology or trying to take over and gah no. 'Hate being in charge, done that before. Hated it. Being a manager, being in charge, having to be responsible for other people. Nope, just happy being responsible for Me, my pets and the rest can go screw themselves.'
She went from pacing to rocking herself in a corner. Crying uncontrollably, she retreated to this room to hide from this world. To hide from everything. But it sneaks back in. Won't let her just hide. Or play the games she plays while alone.
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Being around people means seeing who they really are, hearing their thoughts, knowing what is truth and what is lies around them. The only time she is truly safe is when there is no one around. Then the mind is quiet, the fear and hate stay on the outside and she has only to deal with her own phobia's and dreams. Not that she does not know they are out there. She can still feel their presence, their life forces, moving around her. Knows she is not alone, will always know that now, whether she wants to or not. These powers she was given sound so cool, but living with them, the reality of them. It is not cool. It is a burden. Many of them can Not be turned off, can Not be really controlled, only focused in one direction and even then. Even then it can be too much.
It's like they say about Death and Taxes, there is no escape. Everyone pays them in the end.