"They're not poisonous." "Be careful of their stingers." ....... Well, I suppose bees aren't *technically* poisonous, they're venomous. But still, toxins are present in all female bees and wasps.
My hope is that in she is able to eventually learn how to function in society while having this place of solace to retreat to when the process is overwhelming her. I feel that they will end up being close as siblings if they don't become romantically involved.
This is a pretty accurate description of a moderate to severe panic attack, as one who occasionally suffers from them. The way I like to describe it is that you are in a constant state of fight-or-flight response, but you have no recognizable cause of it from your senses. It's pretty torturous...
We always praise. mourn and remember those who go to war for our sakes, and they deserve as much. However we must not forget the ones they left behind, fighting their own battle at home.
Poor man does the whole slow step-by-step attempt process, asks consent, explains himself, then gets physically wrecked. A sad day indeed. She coulda just turned him down.