red dot.

-"Come here, let me see what happened."

-"It really hurts, I can't tell if it's bleeding.."

-"Hmm..it doesn't look like it's broke through skin..
it looks like you're bleeding on the inside."

-"What does that mean?"

-"It means it was hard enough to break some blood vessels inside,
but not enough to puncture skin."

-"Er..but what does that mean?"

-"It means it's bleeding inside your skin,
but not on the outside."

-"Is it better to bleed on the inside or the inside?"

-"Well, it's fine if it's inside.
It means nothing can get in."

-"...The red mark is getting bigger."

-"That's because you're bleeding on the inside,
so nothing can get out either.
Nothing can get in,
but it also means nothing can get out."

-"...Is it okay?"

-"Yeah, you're okay."

"...It's just gonna hurt a lot for a while, that's all. "

sometimes,
this is what it feels like.

i wonder if it really is better on the inside.