Even though she was still the youngest person on Serenity, she could clearly see the phases of her life that had gone before.
There was the Girl before- Simon’s sister, getting into his hair, questioning their father with frightening regularity, a dancing, free-spirit.
There was the Student- she only felt fragments of this phase. So much of her time at the Academy had been blocked and she might have been fortunate not to remember some of the darker moments.
There was the Rescued Girl with the fragmented mind, also known to some as Crazy Killer Woman. She was devoted to and dependent on Simon more than ever, but she was afraid of her capabilities and the violence that lurked inside.
And then there was whoever she was now, a woman in a girl’s body, trying to piece together what she could. She looked out into the darkness of space and slowed her breathing.
Pilot. That’s who she was. Serenity’s guide, keeping her in the air with all the love that she had.
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Date: 2020-02-15 03:15 am (UTC)There was the Girl before- Simon’s sister, getting into his hair, questioning their father with frightening regularity, a dancing, free-spirit.
There was the Student- she only felt fragments of this phase. So much of her time at the Academy had been blocked and she might have been fortunate not to remember some of the darker moments.
There was the Rescued Girl with the fragmented mind, also known to some as Crazy Killer Woman. She was devoted to and dependent on Simon more than ever, but she was afraid of her capabilities and the violence that lurked inside.
And then there was whoever she was now, a woman in a girl’s body, trying to piece together what she could. She looked out into the darkness of space and slowed her breathing.
Pilot. That’s who she was. Serenity’s guide, keeping her in the air with all the love that she had.