IMPROPER GUILT
M.C.A. Hogarth

fada [ fa DAH ], (noun) — guilt, improper; used only when a person feels guilt for a situation for which they are not responsible. Sometimes incorrectly translated "survivor's guilt", but is more broadly applicable to any instance where a person takes on guilt for something undeserving.

      Her body first, wan and slack. Then the infant's, terrible and new. Finally her mate's, wasted away by an unworthy fever.
      In my head, the whisper of my own voice: "You should have children." And I shouted it down and still it grew, insidious, until I couldn't stop screaming and everything outside myself dwindled to noise and light. ( Read more... )

The Admonishments of Kherishdar.

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