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[bodilesswarrior]

[Barbara looks exhausted, but if anything, the light in her eyes is fiercer than ever. She was thrown some curve balls, sure, but nothing that could crush her.

She's becoming inured to trauma, she thinks. She's not sure how to feel about that.

Her voice is a bit dull when she speaks, thick with deep weariness and deeper aches, but it's steady.]

If you know me at all, please check in.

[The worst part, really, was what she couldn't see. She hadn't contacted anybody, save her hijack of Iris' call, and it ate at her, what the people she loved might be facing.

She needs to know they're all right.]

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[bodilesswarrior]

I've tried that. It works for a while, but you distance yourself too much from what you're trying to do.

Emotions give you perspective. Give you strength. They're only a weakness if you let them be.

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[theantiaya]

Then you were not successful in your attempt.

[Though the fact that she did attempt is noteworthy. It means that, at some point in her existence, Barbara had agreed with her. To take the same actions as she.]

If you are distancing yourself from the task at hand, then it is a subconscious emotional reaction to what you cannot handle emotionally. Therefore, you are still being influenced.

Emotions are not a strength. Anyone who claims otherwise is only fooling herself.