[For a moment there, he thought he fucked up. But he didn't. He thinks? Still, he can't really keep his gaze down like this without drawing more attention. He has to risk looking up. Well. Up and down. Out into the abyss of death.
Akechi breathes in and looks out and it is beautiful but also he can just imagine falling and it makes his stomach lurch before he looks back at Cocoa. Cocoa is a good girl.]
Ahh... Yes. That's a rather common phobia. One of the most common, in fact. It ranks with ones like arachnophobia and fears of things like needles and germs. Many phobias are based on a rational concern taken to extremes. For example, a fear of flying is based in rational concerns for flight safety but given the thousands of successful flights that happen daily, the measures some people take to avoid flying or the intense anxiety it gives them is overall unwarranted and sometimes more stressful for other people or even dangerous. Meanwhile, there are fears of things like 'long words' where even if you tilt your head and squint, it is rather difficult to see how one could even have a rational root to such a fear. In either case, the extreme reactions make life difficult for the person with the phobia. I believe that is why although many phobias have a rational root, the definition of phobia is actually that of an irrational fear.
[Although he likes talking about, well, anything really, there is a slight rambling quality as if he is purposefully dragging it out.]
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Akechi breathes in and looks out and it is beautiful but also he can just imagine falling and it makes his stomach lurch before he looks back at Cocoa. Cocoa is a good girl.]
Ahh... Yes. That's a rather common phobia. One of the most common, in fact. It ranks with ones like arachnophobia and fears of things like needles and germs. Many phobias are based on a rational concern taken to extremes. For example, a fear of flying is based in rational concerns for flight safety but given the thousands of successful flights that happen daily, the measures some people take to avoid flying or the intense anxiety it gives them is overall unwarranted and sometimes more stressful for other people or even dangerous. Meanwhile, there are fears of things like 'long words' where even if you tilt your head and squint, it is rather difficult to see how one could even have a rational root to such a fear. In either case, the extreme reactions make life difficult for the person with the phobia. I believe that is why although many phobias have a rational root, the definition of phobia is actually that of an irrational fear.
[Although he likes talking about, well, anything really, there is a slight rambling quality as if he is purposefully dragging it out.]