[ elena's smile softens into something more bittersweet. ]
It's a work-in-progress.
[ Some days are better than others. Some moments are more easily defined than others. It's not easy to figure yourself out when you're constantly getting plucked from one place to another before you've even caught your breath. it keeps changing her, and so she keeps needing to find herself. again and again. ]
I'm... a work-in-progress. [ and she constantly has to work at it. it would be easy to unravel the threads and undo it all, but she actively fights against that. she wants it all to matter - every year, every place she's been sent to, everyone she has ever met and lost - it needs to matter. ]
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It's a work-in-progress.
[ Some days are better than others. Some moments are more easily defined than others. It's not easy to figure yourself out when you're constantly getting plucked from one place to another before you've even caught your breath. it keeps changing her, and so she keeps needing to find herself. again and again. ]
I'm... a work-in-progress. [ and she constantly has to work at it. it would be easy to unravel the threads and undo it all, but she actively fights against that. she wants it all to matter - every year, every place she's been sent to, everyone she has ever met and lost - it needs to matter. ]