The Complexity of Emotion Under Pressure

2 people are rushed into the emergency room. The doctors and nurses don’t ask questions - they have one objective in mind. Save these people. 

Both are suffering from stab wounds. Sadly, only 1 of them will make it. 8 year old, Haneul, is deceased from multiple stab wounds to her neck, back, and chest. 

The 48 year old woman however, is alive. 

The nurses try to piece together what might have happened with the little information they have. The older woman is a teacher. The 8 year old girl was attacked in her elementary school. 

Perhaps, a knife wielding madman snuck into the school and attacked the little girl. Perhaps, the teacher tried to protect her student but was stabbed in the process. It will be difficult to tell the teacher that her student that she presumably tried to protect - did not make it. 

But when the teacher wakes up - the nurses don’t know how to handle the situation anymore. Because… she is laughing. 

She is giggling. 

She killed 8 year old Haneul and she is seemingly happy. Content. Giddy with excitement. 

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