#flitmouse giving gary the lecture he really needed to have all along dsalfkjads

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Daily excerpt from today's writing, chapter 80 of Underline the Black:

'Flitmouse,' Anton hissed in the background.  'No! This is something that has to be talked about! I'm sorry, but this isn't something we all get to tiptoe around until that young boy is a mess. It's something that should have been talked about from the beginning! Isn't that what you'd do for him if he was an omega? And isn't he biologically sharing at least some of the functions that omegas have? Gary, he's not just an alpha, I said that before. Everyone here thinks it's so hard to be an omega, and I've seen for myself that it can be quite difficult to be an alpha too. Well, he's both, and something else besides, and you'd best be taking all of that into account. Because otherwise Efnisien will get his rape trauma from Hillview.' 'Flitmouse, you can't just- Gary's not-' Anton cut in. '-I'm sorry, I'm sorry,' Flitmouse said quickly. 'I'm sorry, my darling. I am. I've been in agony over this, thinking about it, and I wish I didn't have to say any of this. Truly I wish that. But my love, you cannot say Gary's not a rapist, because you've never seen him with anyone. I don't think he is, but you have to admit that peak alphas carry an intensity with them that the whole world knows of. And all of that, right now, is pointed in the direction of someone who has spoken to less than ten people on his own in his entire life. All right, maybe more if we include his family, some nurses, but what capacity does he have to handle what's coming?' 'I think you're right to bring up these concerns,' Gary said heavily.