The 7 Stages Of The First Ten Minutes After You Get The News About Her Parents, And The Cancer
1) Teeth. You turn into a lion. The transformation starts immediately. Stand over her body and roar, and roar, and roar. Silence is a threat; do not let it advance.
2) Claws. Scratch her back, gently. Do not make her talk.
3) Silence. Pretend it's deliberate.
4) Babble. Ask questions. Demand the details you think no one else wants to hear. Start doing research. Don't tell her.
5) Bugle. You will want to tell everyone, as though organizing a strike. Make the first person tell you to stop doing that. It's not you who needs an army.
6) Art. Scour your ventricles for wisdom. Print it.
7) Call. In the morning. Make a schedule of phone dates, saving at least an hour for each one. Tell her she can ride on your back any time, and shouldn't fear your teeth.
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