Gritty, powerful, intimidating, vulnerable, fierce, fractured, defensive, haunted.
Fierce, defiant, maternal, vulnerable, gritty, weary, survivor.
Lawyer, intense, dramatic, intellectual, confrontational, tactical, direct.
Calculated, manipulative, pragmatic, sharp, powerful, threatening, narcissistic.
The game slows. It’s a dance. A memory, a dream, the body remembers. Muscles tense and release, bones anticipate the landing after the leap we can do this in our sleep.
Independent, resilient, sharp-witted, volatile, protective, authentic.