Perfect, [she says, and smiles, her heart full and ready to burst. She is ready, she thinks. Finally, finally, she's ready. To go out into the world, to conquer it, to make it her own. She wouldn't have gotten here without Elena - without Ben, without Derek, without a hundred other people - but she wouldn't have gotten here without herself, either.]
[She squeezes Elena's hand and backs up a little bit, giving her a serious look.]
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[She squeezes Elena's hand and backs up a little bit, giving her a serious look.]
You know what I have to go do now, right?