I Don’t Bet on Potential. I Bet on Behavior. A Mindset Law from the Realm of Chaos….    Potential is comforting, for most individuals. It lets people imagine better versions of themselves,  the best possible version of themselves,  without having to ever become that actual version. Behavior doesn’t do that. It doesn’t create this facade, of some made up visual.  Behavior is inconvenient for most. Because it is something done repetitive. It ruins the fantasy. That’s why people hate it.   Rebel (not even looking up): “Potential never showed up. Behavior did.” Exactly. Potential is not present, much like behavior. 

I’m Not Too Much — You’re Under-Built   There’s a special kind of silence that happens right after someone tells you, “Wow… you’re a lot.” It’s not admiration. It’s not awe. It’s the kind of silence where they’re trying to figure out if they should be impressed or intimidated, and they usually pick the wrong one. Over in the corner, Lawless is already rolling her eyes so hard her skull nearly cracks. She mutters, loud enough for the dead to hear: “Or maybe they’re just built like soggy bread.” This is why she’s not allowed in diplomacy meetings. People have