[More, especially, than she had thought she could. Part of her has always held herself back, in case, in fear of . . . but now, she can't imagine what she was afraid of in the first place. She is a sharp edge, a giddy knife, but she is also the hammer, never the nail. She will form her own destiny.]
[This is what the Barge has given her. This is what Ben has given her. This is what she's given herself.]
I'm going to have a long life.
[She smiles at him, soft and sweet and dangerous, all at once.]
I have to fill it with everything beautiful.
Remember me? [Like this, poised to spring, to fight, to hunt: remember her all potential, trailing possibilities like endless shadows.]
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[This is what the Barge has given her. This is what Ben has given her. This is what she's given herself.]
I'm going to have a long life.
[She smiles at him, soft and sweet and dangerous, all at once.]
I have to fill it with everything beautiful.
Remember me? [Like this, poised to spring, to fight, to hunt: remember her all potential, trailing possibilities like endless shadows.]