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... I am back in town.

[It had been longer than she planned, really. She had a lot of things to think about — after all the harm she'd done, even if it wasn't her will to do it... It left a lot of room for uncertainty. Fear and panic for those she cared about. Part of her wondered if it would just be better, to stay out there like some little hermit child. It left room to think, though, about her time here. She's so much different, isn't she? Not in blinding ways. But she would like to hope that she's... improved. Became something bigger and better than the girl in the small cell, back in Mexico City.]

I'm back in school, too. People like Strange would be upset if I played 'hooky' anymore, even with them gone. I will — keep trying. To live like a person, to be someone. I think it is important to the people before me. It does not change what has happened... any of it. But it is making something for later, I think. That is what I've settled for, in my head.

To be better. And to not be what I was made for; I want to... think about things I can be... when I am older.

[She fidgets with the old, raggedy strap of her backpack, considerate. There's no limit of hesitancy to her voice, but even so—]

Is there something... You think changed for you? As a person?

After staying here.

Is there something you would still like to change?

... Maybe we can work on things together.

[She hopes, in the end, that it'll be enough to make her father proud of her.]

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Career-wise, no. Personally, there has been quite a bit.

Edited 2018-11-11 23:33 (UTC)

I'm glad you felt you're ready to come back. Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?

I think I became a bit more responsible? This is the first time I got to keep a job for longer than a week, or... lived alone, too.

[ A sigh. ]

Not sure if those changes will stick once I go back home, but that's something I can only find out if I decide to leave.

A lot's changed for me here. Yeah. I've just been trying to live like a person, too. Now I know what it feels like.

[ Having a place that feels like home. Building a life with friends and a job and a really dumb-looking pet fish and stuff. Very easily at the top of the list of things about being stuck here that are good. ]

It's good that you're gonna keep trying. I think trying's one of the best things you can decide to do. You're a person even when you're on your own. Pretty important to make sure you choose for yourself.

I've had to rely more on myself. That's good, right? [She wasn't entirely sure.]

It's good you're back in school. Camping was fun, but I think it's best we go back. [Of course, she would support her friend as much as she needed it, but it was still nice to have her back.]

[She took a closer look at the strap.] You also could use a new backpack.

Welcome back.

[He considered her question for a moment.]

I think, there's always something we can change. We might not know what it is right away, but it's not a bad thing to always strive to be a better person, right?

But, here? I was able to find a connection to people. Back home, too, to some extent, but... yeah. I have Lola here. I didn't have her back home. She helped me find another side to myself... something I never thought I'd have before.

Right now... I do still need to get home... but, I think that's okay, too. Maybe I'll be able to come back here someday. I think that would be nice.

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