amberpotter

           Someone-you can’t quite remember who- but someone once asked you if it bothered you that nearly everyone addressed you using your rank, instead of your name. “As if you were a thing, and not a person!” you remember them saying indignantly.   At the time, you just answered no. But from time to time, you can’t help remembering, and you can’t help thinking about it. You’ve been thinking about it for a while now. A long time ago, before the words “war” and “massacre” were linked together in your mind, back when you were still in school, the teacher in front of the class talked about