"I don't want to have to leave home to find acceptance, though," she said. "And I shouldn't have to. But I suppose that's childish of me. I guess it's not much different than saying, 'It's not fair that a landshark got him.' I mean, it's not, but what can you do about it, right?
"But I do know I don't want to leave home. Not permanently. Maybe... maybe visit some of these other places. Quanil's been to Torchline, and they bring me sea shells... I've never seen an ocean. But this is still my home. Maybe it's stupid and stubborn of me, but... I feel like, if I leave for good? Then it's like... like the magic won, somehow. Wow, that is even stupider than I thought, saying it out loud like that."
She shook her head and took a drink. "You're... okay with having magic now? It... it does happen eventually?"
"But I do know I don't want to leave home. Not permanently. Maybe... maybe visit some of these other places. Quanil's been to Torchline, and they bring me sea shells... I've never seen an ocean. But this is still my home. Maybe it's stupid and stubborn of me, but... I feel like, if I leave for good? Then it's like... like the magic won, somehow. Wow, that is even stupider than I thought, saying it out loud like that."
She shook her head and took a drink. "You're... okay with having magic now? It... it does happen eventually?"
