Hazel was dead silent after hearing my words that were directed straight at her. Although it might have been blunt and somewhat rude for me to state the reality to her like that, I considered myself going soft still. Especially in the last part of my words when I had told her about the reality of succumbing to weakness.
At that time I was doing my best to refrain myself from making it personal. I remained rational the whole time, not striking at her weakness by straight up mentioning it and insulting her. Instead of an insult, I only mentioned her weakness lightly so she could sympathize with what I mean and understand my words very well as a result. I wasn't trying to insult her or argue with her. I was trying to teach her a lesson about life.
