☤ thirty-one

[as_damaged]

Given the nature of today's curse, if you injure yourself at all, I'd strongly advise you to go to the hospital. Even a minor scrape or bruise can be deadly if the blood doesn't clot, and in some cases serious damage can be done by an injury that isn't even apparent-- internal bruising and bleeding are more difficult to detect, and therefore all

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[miss_waldorf]

Now I know how Sleeping Beauty must have felt.

[as_damaged]

Surrounded by thorns, you mean?

[miss_waldorf]

The prospect of bleeding to death.

[as_damaged]

As long as you're careful, you should be all right. I just don't want anyone to underestimate the severity of anything that does happen, and suffer for it.

[miss_waldorf]

You won't believe how tormenting it is not being able to tweeze or shave and be deathly afraid of trimming your nails.

[as_damaged]

You could be much worse off.

[miss_waldorf]

I can't exactly imagine.

[as_damaged]

This is just a curse. If you had hemophilia or von Willebrand disease, for example, it would be a permanent concern.

[miss_waldorf]

Don't pull that 'there are hungry African children' thing on me.

but there ARE hungry children, Blair! With TB!

[as_damaged]

I'm not telling you to finish your broccoli or asking for a donation, I'm just pointing out that for some people this is the normal state of being.

Let Bono and Brangelina take care of that!

[miss_waldorf]

And I'm supposed to feel sorry for them?