The problem with being trained to answer an abuse hotline

[wispfox]

... is that I know exactly what I'm seeing when I see it.

And just how much I can't do about it.

I listen, though.

I can do that, to an extent. But only to an extent, this being why I'm _not_ going into any sort of therapy career.

I just... mrr. I don't know. It's hard to watch. It's harder to pretend I don't see, so I don't go that route.

I see you. I hear you. I listen.

I'm sorry.