Yes. [ A soft answer, filled with an inner pleasure. ] It was needed.
[ She wonders how much to elaborate on this. So many times she has been reminded that her old life is over, when she dares to explain the time and effort it takes her to learn and to change. And yet, she is the one furthest in the act. She knows it, and the others watch her warily, reminding her over and over that her old life is gone... She shakes this off with a huff of chagrin. ]
I was overwhelmed, but I believe... every time I have become so, I have better learned to withstand the chaos of my own thoughts.
[ She looks to him, not for praise, but out of curiosity if he understands what she is telling him. That she is her own worst enemy, most of the time. ]
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[ She wonders how much to elaborate on this. So many times she has been reminded that her old life is over, when she dares to explain the time and effort it takes her to learn and to change. And yet, she is the one furthest in the act. She knows it, and the others watch her warily, reminding her over and over that her old life is gone... She shakes this off with a huff of chagrin. ]
I was overwhelmed, but I believe... every time I have become so, I have better learned to withstand the chaos of my own thoughts.
[ She looks to him, not for praise, but out of curiosity if he understands what she is telling him. That she is her own worst enemy, most of the time. ]