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Learning to control your emotions is one of the first things we were taught on the battlefields. Out there, there’s no room for emotions. Only the task at hand.
“How will you be able to tell when I’m about to lose control?”
Gabriel answered her this time,
“The angrier you get, the orange in your eyes gets slightly bigger.”
“I thought the orange was from the iron deficiency?”
“Regardless, once the orange begins to take over we will begin the calming technique.”
“Which is?” She asked, a hint of irritation in her voice as she uncrossed her arms, planting them on her hips, and looked at me.
“Simple. Breathing.” I said as I looked down into her eyes,
“Breath and think of one good memory and hold on to it.”
Catalina glanced at Gabriel and they shared a look. Sadness took over her eyes as they started to gloss over.
“What if I don’t have one?”
“Everyone has at least one happy memory.”
Right?
Gabriel lowered his head and gently whispered to her,
“Just try your best, I’ll be right here.”
She sighed and closed her eyes for just a moment.
“Alright let’s go.”
I smiled as a feeling of pride washed over me and before she could even realize what was happening, I struck. knocking her on her ass. Her eyes slightly turned orange.
Oh, we can do better than that.
“What the fuck was that!” She yelled as she looked up at me from where she landed on the ground.
“That was me showing you how easy it would be to kill you,” I smirked back at her as the orange in her eyes started to rise,
“Oh, I’m going to fucking kill you!”
Catalina rose, making the expected attempt to tackle me.
Rookie move.
I dodged her fairly easily, stepping to the side as I moved behind her, gripping her arms behind her back, and holding her wrists.
“When you get angry you make dumb decisions that can get you hurt or killed,”
She tried to shake me off but I just grasped her tighter,
“When you are in situations like this you need to remain calm.”
I released her wrists and slowly backed away.
“Try it. Take a few seconds and breathe.”
