Original Advice
“DO: Drink water and breathe before tough talks.”
Cool the Crown, Then Speak
You crave the spotlight. A narcissist craves your reflection. If you walk in thirsty and breathless, you hand them the script and your pulse. Drink water. Flood the mouth that would rush. Breathe until the ribs unclench. Slow blood beats cut off their fuel: your heat. Enter cooled, not cowed. The point isn’t louder. The point is cleaner.
Water is armor. A wet mouth speaks less and lands more. Breath is metronome. You choose the tempo; they cannot rush what inhales first. Hydration lowers the static of adrenaline. Oxygen yanks you from the script they baited. Sip before you answer. Inhale at punctuation. Exhale before the name. Silence, then sentence. Make them meet you at your pace, not drag you into theirs.
Cosmic Context
You are fixed fire; your heat draws moths and mirrors. Cool the blaze so your crown stays steady while theirs slides.
Action
──────Drink a full glass, then breathe 4-6 before answering.
✨ You are allowed to pause, drink, and make them wait. ✨