filling in the missing planks

you gotta get bruised before you get mad
you gotta fall down before you fight back

"Yyyyyeahhhhh, something like that," Soh said drily, memories of her abysmal attempts at honesty with the boys floating behind her eyes. If anything, it might have been better to have simply dated them both and called it a day - but no, she'd tried to tell them about each other and see if they would be fine with it. It was more complex than that, of course, but it was also in the past. Where she very much hoped it would stay.

As for Nova's brother, he'd seemed nice enough to Soh the few times they'd met. "Oh, yeah, Vesper, right?" she asked tilting her head to one side. She remembered running into him on the beach one day searching for shells, and then thought of the way he'd acted as protector during Nova's 'Madam Marin' at. "He seems nice."

was feeling so weak but baby i'm strong
little did i know i'm a champion

Sohalia