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After they had dried off their clothes, Anna and Slinkman sat in, what was almost an uncomfortable, silence. Anna's anger had returned- to a much lower degree, but it was still there. Slinkman could not believe how stubborn she was, especially after all that they had been through that day.
How could someone be so stubborn? They had just escaped death, and she was still upset about what happened earlier. Yes it had been a mean thing to say, but the importance of it paled in comparison to their predicament now.
They were lost in the middle of the woods, . dark was soon going to be upon them, and there was the possibility of becoming carrion. One would assume you could just follow the river back to Leaky Lake, but there was a good possibility that this was not the river that led back to the lake, but instead the river that traveled fifty miles to the border of the next state over.
With all of this to worry about, Slinkman could not believe that Anna was not concentrating on it. Their survival was at-
"I'm not mad at you", Anna suddenly stated.
Slinkman blinked as his brain registered what she said. He then said, "I honestly think that's a lie."
Anna sighed and answered, "No, it's true. I haven't been mad at you for a while. I've been more mad at my stubbornness than at you."
Slinkman gave an exasperated sigh and answer, "Well if you don't mind me asking: Why have you been acting so hard-headed toward me? Honestly!?"
Anna gave a slightly disgusted look, but changed her attitude once she realized he was right. And then she paused.
This certainly wasn't the first time she had taken her stubbornness too far. But she had never been confronted about it, therefore she had never really given it any thought. Why did she take her stubbornness too far? Was it a defense mechanism for something? If it was, then for what?
She thought back to one of the first times she took her stubbornness to far. After carefully thinking, she discovered the first time happened to be in about 5th grade, about a year after the death of her father, when a fight with one of her friends went too far. She suddenly went into a stubborn mode and refused to believe that her friend was right about whatever. It soon strained their relationship and then they broke it off.
The fact that stuck out most to her was that it was just a year after her father had been killed. Before her father had been killed Anna was only half as stubborn as she was now, but rarely took anything to the extreme. But how did her father tie in exactly?
Anna thought back to the last time she went to her father's grave; which had been about a month before coming to the camp. She remembered sitting against the 'Brye' headstone looking down at her father's resting place. It was always a melancholy time when she went there, but it was nothing like what she used to be like. When she was in her early 'double digit' years, she was often in denial about her father's death. She refused to believe that he was dead. This thought continued until her mother sent her to a psychiatrist, who helped her get past her father's death. But her stubbornness had doubled in that time, and it must have stayed all this time.
Anna's eyes widened as all the pieces of the puzzle fit together.
This whole time Slinkman had been waiting as patiently as he could for the answer. He was actually anxious to find out why she acted this way. Maybe he would learn something about her that would help, or hurt, their relationship. he hoped it wouldn't hurt the relationship, but in order to continue to make it work with Anna he needed to know more about her. And this may be a crucial piece of information.
Anna looked in Slinkman's eyes and said, "My stubbornness transferred over from my denial of my father's death."
Slinkman gaped. He hadn't expected such a complex answer. He had expected a simple, "I was just born that way", or something similar. He asked her to explain, and she did.
"I sat at my father's grave almost daily when I was a kid", she explained as she ended her story. "My stubbornness just kinda grew as the months went on....I just want you to know that I don't mean to be so stubborn, but my brain didn't think you were right, so it went into stubborn mode."
Slinkman now understood. The answer was certainly a grave one, as Anna's face reflected. Slinkman felt a little guilty for making her explain this sad story, so he said, "You should work on overriding that 'stubborn mode'."
Anna gave a small smile and laugh, but sobered up quickly. Slinkman sighed and asked, "Why, do you think, you spent a lot of your childhood in denial. I can understand it taking you a while to get over it, but letting it build up over time confuses me. Why...", he hesitated a little, "...would you give up your childhood like that?"
Anna let a tear fall from her eye and answered, "My childhood died along with my father. We had been so connected....He was my childhood."
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Camp Lazlo, Slinkman (C) Joe Murray
Anna, Daniel (C) Me
Story (C) Me
Poses referenced from Pose Maniacs
How could someone be so stubborn? They had just escaped death, and she was still upset about what happened earlier. Yes it had been a mean thing to say, but the importance of it paled in comparison to their predicament now.
They were lost in the middle of the woods, . dark was soon going to be upon them, and there was the possibility of becoming carrion. One would assume you could just follow the river back to Leaky Lake, but there was a good possibility that this was not the river that led back to the lake, but instead the river that traveled fifty miles to the border of the next state over.
With all of this to worry about, Slinkman could not believe that Anna was not concentrating on it. Their survival was at-
"I'm not mad at you", Anna suddenly stated.
Slinkman blinked as his brain registered what she said. He then said, "I honestly think that's a lie."
Anna sighed and answered, "No, it's true. I haven't been mad at you for a while. I've been more mad at my stubbornness than at you."
Slinkman gave an exasperated sigh and answer, "Well if you don't mind me asking: Why have you been acting so hard-headed toward me? Honestly!?"
Anna gave a slightly disgusted look, but changed her attitude once she realized he was right. And then she paused.
This certainly wasn't the first time she had taken her stubbornness too far. But she had never been confronted about it, therefore she had never really given it any thought. Why did she take her stubbornness too far? Was it a defense mechanism for something? If it was, then for what?
She thought back to one of the first times she took her stubbornness to far. After carefully thinking, she discovered the first time happened to be in about 5th grade, about a year after the death of her father, when a fight with one of her friends went too far. She suddenly went into a stubborn mode and refused to believe that her friend was right about whatever. It soon strained their relationship and then they broke it off.
The fact that stuck out most to her was that it was just a year after her father had been killed. Before her father had been killed Anna was only half as stubborn as she was now, but rarely took anything to the extreme. But how did her father tie in exactly?
Anna thought back to the last time she went to her father's grave; which had been about a month before coming to the camp. She remembered sitting against the 'Brye' headstone looking down at her father's resting place. It was always a melancholy time when she went there, but it was nothing like what she used to be like. When she was in her early 'double digit' years, she was often in denial about her father's death. She refused to believe that he was dead. This thought continued until her mother sent her to a psychiatrist, who helped her get past her father's death. But her stubbornness had doubled in that time, and it must have stayed all this time.
Anna's eyes widened as all the pieces of the puzzle fit together.
This whole time Slinkman had been waiting as patiently as he could for the answer. He was actually anxious to find out why she acted this way. Maybe he would learn something about her that would help, or hurt, their relationship. he hoped it wouldn't hurt the relationship, but in order to continue to make it work with Anna he needed to know more about her. And this may be a crucial piece of information.
Anna looked in Slinkman's eyes and said, "My stubbornness transferred over from my denial of my father's death."
Slinkman gaped. He hadn't expected such a complex answer. He had expected a simple, "I was just born that way", or something similar. He asked her to explain, and she did.
"I sat at my father's grave almost daily when I was a kid", she explained as she ended her story. "My stubbornness just kinda grew as the months went on....I just want you to know that I don't mean to be so stubborn, but my brain didn't think you were right, so it went into stubborn mode."
Slinkman now understood. The answer was certainly a grave one, as Anna's face reflected. Slinkman felt a little guilty for making her explain this sad story, so he said, "You should work on overriding that 'stubborn mode'."
Anna gave a small smile and laugh, but sobered up quickly. Slinkman sighed and asked, "Why, do you think, you spent a lot of your childhood in denial. I can understand it taking you a while to get over it, but letting it build up over time confuses me. Why...", he hesitated a little, "...would you give up your childhood like that?"
Anna let a tear fall from her eye and answered, "My childhood died along with my father. We had been so connected....He was my childhood."
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Camp Lazlo, Slinkman (C) Joe Murray
Anna, Daniel (C) Me
Story (C) Me
Poses referenced from Pose Maniacs
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I really love this excpert! 
I read all of it, as usual, and it was really sad and beautiful! And I feel really sorry for Anna about her dad! And the artwork looks really amazing and beautiful too!
I read all of it, as usual, and it was really sad and beautiful! And I feel really sorry for Anna about her dad! And the artwork looks really amazing and beautiful too!