How does one mend bridges that have been burned? A question I've been mulling over for months and still no answer appears. I can write an essay in an apology, but fear always latches on enough to encourage a slip of the finger towards delete. The claim that it is only just a game was a clever way to disassociate myself with things that I did not want to handle, but it is in hindsight that I've come to realize that it was anything but. The ties made between people, no matter how they have formulated, are not something to be taken with such little care. The only benefit that has been gained is an awareness of toxicity from one's self towards th