but oh what a year

[patrols]

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[braveandstupid]

[Elena leads them over to a bench nearby, before passing the wrapped box over to them.

Inside, once they open it, is a photo album.]

I know we've been overloading you guys with a lot of the bad things that happened, and ... there was a lot of bad. But there was some good too.

[And inside the album is pictures of every major life event that they missed. Graduations, gallery openings, first days at work. She even included pages from her diary - avoiding the more scandalous details, but keeping the good feelings.]

So I wanted you to have that, even if Jer and I lose track of it sometimes.

[founderscouncil]

( Grayson and Miranda share the photo album, flipping through slowly. )

Is this a page from your diary?

( He looks up and then to his wife. )

We - we know there have been good things. Thank you.

[braveandstupid]

Nothing too personal, but ... I don't know. I wanted to add some of what I was feeling. So it could have been like you were there.

[Miranda brushes her thumb over the picture of her and Jeremy at Elena's college graduation and she nods. "Thank you, Elena."

She nods with a small smile.]

I know I've been fumbling a lot and I was going to tell you about Isobel. I just wasn't even sure how I really felt about it yet.

[founderscouncil]

There's a lot to feel. And she didn't get in touch with you directly.

( Did she? )

[braveandstupid]

That would be a nice change of pace if she had. But no. She never does. She just shows up and lights everything on fire in her wake.

[She exhales slowly, letting her shoulders slump.]

Isobel has always been hard to talk about on a good day, and the past few have been pretty crazy.