[ much less would she have talked about it. elena is a very sociable creature. she needs and seeks connections to people. she doesn't like isolation. but in some ways, she's also very private - with her thoughts and with her feelings. she guards them, keeps them for herself sometimes, even if it's only because she doesn't understand them and she needs to sort them out before she can ever share them with anyone else. ]
But ending up in a place where you're meant to atone for your transgressions gets you thinking, regardless of whether or not they're being genuine.
[ the people that brought them there in the first place, that is. ]
It can be. But ... sometimes ignoring them or pretending they're not there can be more exhausting.
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[ much less would she have talked about it. elena is a very sociable creature. she needs and seeks connections to people. she doesn't like isolation. but in some ways, she's also very private - with her thoughts and with her feelings. she guards them, keeps them for herself sometimes, even if it's only because she doesn't understand them and she needs to sort them out before she can ever share them with anyone else. ]
But ending up in a place where you're meant to atone for your transgressions gets you thinking, regardless of whether or not they're being genuine.
[ the people that brought them there in the first place, that is. ]
It can be. But ... sometimes ignoring them or pretending they're not there can be more exhausting.