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Yeah, most of the time. I was with someone for a while - someone I loved - but once that ended, everything else just got more complicated.
[ as in she ended up pregnant, and in prison.]
My family says I put up walls, but for most of my life, it was safer that way.
[ as in she ended up pregnant, and in prison.]
My family says I put up walls, but for most of my life, it was safer that way.
I had the wall when I needed it, and I guess I kept it up longer than that, too. Being here is like just trying to get by all over again.
You were raised by nannies?
You were raised by nannies?
I can't imagine being raised by the nanny was all that great for you.
I don't know, I probably would've run from the nanny, too. Homeless teen, I was about fifteen at the time.
Every time I ran as a kid, someone found me.
Every time I ran as a kid, someone found me.
Emma, right? This is Cheryl. You know Prior, correct?
I don't know. He was acting very strange about the dragon situation. I wanted to ask someone else who knew him if they thought he was okay.
He came to my apartment and told me to pack a bag and he was so hopeless about all of it. He said we didn't have a chance. I did see him once on the station. He look sort of... haunted? Like he was there but he wasn't really there, if you know what I mean.
He has a good sense of these things.
The battle was a disaster and we still haven't won, maybe he realized something bad was coming.
The battle was a disaster and we still haven't won, maybe he realized something bad was coming.
It's going to all be okay though, isn't it? He's afraid. We're all afraid. It doesn't mean we're all going to be dragon dinner.
It's okay to be afraid, but we're going to get through this.
My son - Henry, he's in stasis right now. But if he was awake, I guarantee you he'd be telling all of us that this is the low moment in the battle just before things get better.
My son - Henry, he's in stasis right now. But if he was awake, I guarantee you he'd be telling all of us that this is the low moment in the battle just before things get better.
Henry sounds smart.
My brother's in stasis. He always made me feel like we could do anything. He protected me. It's harder to be brave without him.
My brother's in stasis. He always made me feel like we could do anything. He protected me. It's harder to be brave without him.
Henry makes me feel that way, too.
The way I see it, everything they believe in is still true. It's just that it's up to us to keep proving them right until they wake up.
The way I see it, everything they believe in is still true. It's just that it's up to us to keep proving them right until they wake up.
You really think one dragon is more powerful than all of us?
We outnumber it and outpower it, with things like super strength, magic, psychic abilities, icy blasts, and combat knowledge... and that barely scratches the surface of what we can do.
And now we have time, not just to rest, but to prepare for this.
And now we have time, not just to rest, but to prepare for this.
Not all of us have special powers. Some of us are just teenage girls.
Having been one about a decade ago, I can tell you there's no such thing as just a teenage girl.
Do you know how to protect yourself?
Do you know how to protect yourself?
My mom doesn't have super powers, but she was a badass when it came to archery. If that's what you're comfortable with, that's how you fight.
But if you ever want to know how to swing a sword, or shoot a gun, or hand a guy his ass, I could probably get you started.
But if you ever want to know how to swing a sword, or shoot a gun, or hand a guy his ass, I could probably get you started.
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