"No, this is all way too weird!" You say to yourself. "I just need to go. This has never affected me before, and it won't affect me now. Besides, eating people is just... wrong."
You quickly shift your car into gear, trying to shake off your cannibalistic thoughts.
"I mean, is it wrong?" you think, "If our family has been doing this for however long, it's just part of our biology. It's natural for us to eat animals weaker than us."
Again you try and shake yourself out of it, "No, no, they're not animals, they're people."
"Not once they're in your stomach," you think, you gluttony clouding your mind, "then they're just food."
"That's enough," you clear your mind again, "I need someone to talk to about this, someone who can understand."
You pull your car over to the side of the road, pulling out your phone and dialing your mother.
"Hello, Jenny, what's up?" your mother says.
"Hi, Mom, I... is it right to eat people?"
"Oh! Well, that's up to you I suppose. For me, I've always done what's right to me, and that's been eating people. If you're not comfortable with it, then you can just not, I won't love you any less."
"But it's cannibalism, isn't it? Is it cannibalism? Are we even human?"
"Now that's a tough question, I'm fairly certain we are, just a slightly different type. I would assume we are, considering our power to pass on this ability. Still, I'm not sure I'm the right person to ask about that. I've heard there are some books out there researching us, not that I know where to find them."
"So, we are human, just different. Maybe I will look for those books, I'm still so confused."
"Oh, don't worry honey, you're smart, I'm sure you'll find your answers."
"Okay, I... Okay. Thanks, Mom. I love you."
"I love you too sweetie, just follow what your body tells you and you'll be fine."
*Beep*
You hang up your phone and toss it into the passenger's seat.
You put your car back into drive and continue on your trip in silence, driving until it starts to get dark.
You pull off into a motel and park before renting a room and lying down on the bed. As you lie there, you feel your stomach grumble. "It would be so easy to just go out and grab someone." you think.
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