"...calling my blindness an affliction. Asking me if a cure wouldn't empower me."
They had brushed by this, gently, when Erin had made her offer of the dream doll. It was different there - Erin was offering an experience, and with the full knowledge of who she was. The uncertainty, the doubts, they were all listened to.
The difference here is someone who doesn't. Speaking like she needs a cure. Like they look at her, and see what's wrong.
"I'm not hurt. I'm just annoyed." But she says it softly, knowing it's a flimsy sort of falsehood. "But I shouldn't be upset with someone who can't read my mind and who can only judge based on their own."
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ig this is just cw: discussions of ableism all over
Date: 2023-01-29 09:54 pm (UTC)They had brushed by this, gently, when Erin had made her offer of the dream doll. It was different there - Erin was offering an experience, and with the full knowledge of who she was. The uncertainty, the doubts, they were all listened to.
The difference here is someone who doesn't. Speaking like she needs a cure. Like they look at her, and see what's wrong.
"I'm not hurt. I'm just annoyed." But she says it softly, knowing it's a flimsy sort of falsehood. "But I shouldn't be upset with someone who can't read my mind and who can only judge based on their own."