When I moved to the small wonderful, my nails grew to damaging lengths, hard like vulture talons. This also happened when I moved to LaLa so I think it may be a natural defense mechanism. When scared in a new place, my body prepares me for the fight part of the fight or flight reflex.
As a consequence, I have had to relearn typing because it is different with talons. it also means that if I were to play the piano there would be an unacceptable clicking noise. Mrs. Lewis, my piano teacher up until I was 12 years old, had nail clippers in the basket next to the metronome and would cut off anything offensive to her ears. For someone who rarely has long nails, this time is a gift and I cannot cut them. Instead of learning how to play the russian marche, I instead took a hun-gar kung-fu class and learned how to utilize these new talons:
the praying mantis
the dragon
the tiger
the owl
(i just made that one up)
I am scared.... very scared
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