"Yeah it's fine, I'm just having a little PTSD I guess," I said running my fingers through my hair and lightly scratching my scalp. It slowly began to work as I calmed myself down, which was better than nothing. I stared at the waves trying to get rid of the memories but it wasn't working so I just tried to close my eyes to stop the flashbacks. Everything around me was just making it worse and bringing them back, the scene didn't help. I felt my breathing get heavy as I kept repeating the word "No,"

"There isn't really anything you can do," I said "NO matter where I am my PTSD still has a possibility of kicking in. Anytime I get violent or I'm required to fight it will kick in unless it's the real deal." I said then sighed. "I guess you could call me a veteran, i used to work with the military but not officially, and I'm older than I look," I said with a small smile "Since I'm a type of fae hybrid I can live to be well over 1,000 years old, so you can only try and guess my age. But I have a lot of trauma, most of it happened on beaches where I suicide-bombed boats dropping off soldiers or just bombing boats in general." I explained

"A hug would make it feel worse, it would make me feel trapped and I would have a flight or fight response," I explained looking at the sand. "I'm not afraid or anything, but the PTSD just brings back bad memories and I kind of go back into fighting mode because everything looks different. It's hard to snap back into reality and the have been issues in the past of me being stuck in an episode and there were some casualties." I said and my ears pinned against my head.

I let out a light laugh,

"I don't walk like a normal human due to my wings, I have to lean forward a little to walk without falling over. It's best to learn from a young age around the same time we learn to fly, that way we learned to use our wings to help stop us from falling. Maybe you can throw your arms out to help level out your balance," I suggested pointing to his arms. I paused, he distracted me from my flashbacks so I couldn't think of them or so they weren't on my mind anymore. My eyes went wide as I looked at him in surprise, he was clueless to what he did.

"It's hard to teach how to do it after it becomes natural to you, I guess the best choice is just repetition. Maybe work on the strength of your legs and start off on your hands and knees and work on standing up without wobbling." I suggested. I was getting hungry again I stood up and separated myself a good distance from him. I walked along the beach looking in the bushes for edible berries. Once I found them I started to gather them in my shirt and carried them back as I sat against a log. I took my mask off and watched him as I ate my snack.