Today's OneWord: Pattern

Watch the anger melt from her face, and you will see a pattern. A pattern of regret, a pattern of guilt, a pattern of reconsideration. It's a bit like a tartan if you visualize it - that back and forth of dark and light, of red and black. Reminds me of my Scottish heritage, only my ancestors didn't hail from a clan, and so they wouldn't have had a tartan to begin with. Still, watch her sit back down in her chair and control her breathing. She's still frustrated, but she won't tear you limb from limb now.