Happy holidays @fashion-foxy, I’m your secret santa for @eah-exchange :D You mentioned liking “introspective” works about changing opinions overtime, so I decided to focus on Apple and Briar’s friendship! Although Apple and Briar didn’t stop being friends by the end of the series, they definitely drifted apart. Even after Apple cooled to the idea of no destiny, and Briar made amends with Apple for chucking the Storybook down the well, their relationship could never go back to what it once was. They’re different people from when they were close, though ironically, they might know each other a bit better now as a result.