[it's less now than it was when she was younger, but she never really quite shook off the want to be normal. it always sat in the back of her head as something she knew she could never have, but playing pretend is nice. kind of like cloud tilting into her hand is nice. good boy.]

We actually have time to process the problems instead of rushing forward before we lose sight. [...] As long as it also doesn't feel like we're losing time instead.