there are prizes all around you if you're wise enough to see

[praevaricatio]

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[happiness_elude]

I think we should let them to decide that.

[Miranda nods slowly.]

It's their story to tell. We should let them tell it.

[founderscouncil]

I think so, too. As much as it makes me want to punch a wall.

( An impulse he is not following through with. He just feels powerless. And out of touch. And time. )

How are you taking it?

[happiness_elude]

Not well.

[She feels like she is far, far out of her depth and both of her children are far from the lives that she wanted for them. But she has to deal with the reality that they're living in.

She shifts, leaning into him with a sigh.]

But I'll figure it out.

[founderscouncil]

We'll figure it out, together.

( One hour at a time, apparently. )