100 Words: Fear
"I'm not afraid of men," Isaac said. "I've fought in the war, and been in fights all my life. Men don't scare me. All a man can do is hurt your body."
He coughed, and his wheelchair shook. I leaned forward to listen to his whispered words of wisdom.
"Short of killin' you, anything a man can do to you will heal, and pain is only temporary. It'll go away eventually."
His eyes stared off into the distance, as if focusing on something through a distant window.
"But a woman...a woman is dangerous."
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