[this memory is a lot better to her! it's more normal. she does eat a man at the end of it. but it's normal.]
...Well, it's not so much a matter of wanting to.
[but yes, unlike the rest of them, maybe out of kindness because she was a child and because the wolf is a wolf but he's not a wicked stepmother, she was given the chance not to keep going with them. maybe something a little like being put into the book, living out the rest of her days in a gentle story where nothing could hurt her but she couldn't help.]
I'm not sure I got at the time what he meant, about bringing my memories and experiences to it...but I think it would have been pretty weird to go back there. After...everything. You know? Being with you guys is much better.
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You didn't want to go to the story where you could stay with your grandmother?
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...Well, it's not so much a matter of wanting to.
[but yes, unlike the rest of them, maybe out of kindness because she was a child and because the wolf is a wolf but he's not a wicked stepmother, she was given the chance not to keep going with them. maybe something a little like being put into the book, living out the rest of her days in a gentle story where nothing could hurt her but she couldn't help.]
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... I, um, asked the Fairy with Turquoise Hair to put me into the book.
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[it wouldn't even occur to her to judge gerard for asking.]
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[ that's alright then. ]
It would have been okay if you had picked that, you know. I'm glad you're here, and that you stayed, but ...
[ they really did put this child through hell. ]
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[sincerely; she doesn't regret her choice.]
I'm not sure I got at the time what he meant, about bringing my memories and experiences to it...but I think it would have been pretty weird to go back there. After...everything. You know? Being with you guys is much better.