Setting: An old forest next to a large river Eg The hawea river
Mood; dark and thundery weather, Depressed trees, a dark and black oil like water. wet, Dim, Smudged, Bleak.
Topic: murder, inside a guilt ridden murderers head.
GUILT
· Muttering to oneself tearfully
· A cracking voice
· Rapid, fevered apologies
· A flight response—running away, unable to deal with the consequences
· Sweating
· Paranoia that others know or are passing judgment
· Nervous fidgeting (picking at nails, squirming in chair, a scattered gaze that bounces around)
· Darting glances at the person you have wronged
· Following or stalking the one wronged, trying to convince oneself to confess
· Causing pain to oneself as penance
· Insomnia
· Paleness, a harried or haunted look
· Self-loathing
· Growing steadily reclusive, cutting oneself off from others…
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