What you do, is you take a sharpie marker or some other sort of marker that is not that easily erased, and you draw a butterfly on your forearm (inside or outside).
Now, you don't have to be an amazing artist or anything, so don't worry if it looks bad (or if it doesn't even look like a butterfly! )
Give your butterfly a name, perferrably the name of someone you care for (for me, it was my best friend)
Leave your butterfly alone, and don't try to wash it off.
If you can go without harming yourself until your butterfly fades away on it's own, you have saved your butterfly, and it shall live on.
However, if you do hurt yourself before the butterfly fades, you've killed your butterfly.
Don't worry, though. If you kill it, it's okay. Don't beat yourself up about it. Just wash it off and draw a new one.
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here is a picture of my first butterfly, i decided to name this one John. (he's one of my friends) i will set this butterfly free for him.
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i hope this works, i dont want to hurt anyone anymore.
