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Teacher's pet

teacher's pet

They're absolutely brimming with potential; even if you're the only one, you see it in them. This means it falls upon your shoulders to teach them, to bridle that ability and mold them in the fashion you deem worthy - for good or for gain. In your eyes, they're a project, your muse...

...something precious, so much so that your feelings for them might be a bit muddled. Weapon, student, tool, prodigy, responsibility, lover: which came first, which rings truest? When the lines get darker and blurrier is when there's a difference in age, experience, power, or other inequalities present.

Does your conscience weight too heavily to ever act on your deeper-seeded feelings? Your goals may be too lofty to risk. Or, you may just give in.