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Zénaïde Delphinia Haywood ([personal profile] cakewitch) wrote in [community profile] acatalepsy_logs 2018-11-16 03:50 am (UTC)

Oh no, it was never just being a gorgon. I mean, really, I could have done exactly what we're doing now and just let the whole transformation go and move somewhere where I'd fit in.

[ There's an undercurrent of rage in the cheerful way she says this. Like someone who is determined not break character and yet. ]

No, the real problem was maintaining my human appearance. Which I was only allowed to do in ways deemed appropriate by a terrible old witch who hated me. I am a very good baker now, but you know that isn't what I wanted to do with my time.

[ She clenches her fist dramatically, staring out into the water as if she can peer through the dimensions all the way to that horrible old witch's front door. She inhaled stoically, trying to contain her simmering resentment. ]

And I haven't been able to say that to anyone in... how many years? Twelve! Twelve years!

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