FEAR ITSELF
“I appreciate you helping me out with my thesis.”
Jeremy said nothing. He just stared at Mike, eyes moving side to side, following him as he paced back and forth
“All those other people who tried to help were useless,” Mike continued. “All I wanted to do was an in-depth study of fear. Find out what scares people. I wanted to get right down to the root of the problem. Learn what triggered their fear and how it developed over the years. My goal was to figure out what it feels like to be exposed to something that truly terrifies you.”
Mike stopped pacing for a brief moment. Just long enough to glance over at Jeremy to make sure he was still paying attention. “You know what those other people gave me? Squat. I asked them what scares them and they gave answers like harm coming t
