[ a girl ready for change ]
“Draka, I think my time is finally coming, so I’ve decided to entrust something to you.”
“… what’s this?”
“I can’t tell you the details here…”
(Perhaps, if she trusted her uncle a little less-)
“But I can tell you it will change your fate.”
(Perhaps, if she weren’t so all-consumed by the idea-)
“It’s up to you.”
(Perhaps, if she were less desperate for any change at all-)
“What do you say?”
(She may have asked a few more questions about exactly how it would change her life.)
She’d jumped to her feet before he’d even finished.
“Yes, I’m ready!”
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