The stranger's leg looks unusable.

Despite what you might tell yourself when you deliberately change your focus, freedom is not in breaking out, but in not needing to be contained.

You could be so very wise, my dear, if you would just recognize that you need to form structures for creative expression, not perpetuate attitudes for repression.

It's elementary and you know it: Not functioning as one whole jeopardizes each part. No matter how much you think you are acting on their behalf.

The solution? Sacrifice what no longer contributes to the whole.

This, lover, means even the fear-based actions you rationalize as "self-control".