That's like a cold snowball to the face, alright. She doesn't look her in the eye.
"... I used to love snow days. I remember getting up and pressing my face to the window and it would leave a mark, fahaha. Seeing the entire world blanketed in snow before anyone came and messed it up... the stars still faintly twinkling in the sky... it took the ordinary and made it magical."
She seems wistful as she continues. "I'd run to my sister's room and jump on the bed until she'd get up. She... did not get to bed before 3 AM most days, haha. But she always played along. She was just happy to have an excuse to skip school... but she played along with me, anyway. We'd get all dressed up, and we'd run out into the snow together. It felt like... a blank canvas, y'know? We had the entire day ahead of us. Anything could happen."
Noelle goes silent for several moments.
"... one day, I had my last snow day with my sister. I didn't know it at the time. But I still think about that." Even though she sounds uncertain in her next words, she says them anyway. "You... can't let one bad dream distract you from what really matters."
Because maybe, even though she feels further away from ever, there's some clue to her sister here. Maybe if she gets strong enough, she can find it. That has to be why she came here, she's decided.
"Sorry, I rambled a lot, didn't I? Haha... You can just forget everything I said if you want."
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That's like a cold snowball to the face, alright. She doesn't look her in the eye.
"... I used to love snow days. I remember getting up and pressing my face to the window and it would leave a mark, fahaha. Seeing the entire world blanketed in snow before anyone came and messed it up... the stars still faintly twinkling in the sky... it took the ordinary and made it magical."
She seems wistful as she continues. "I'd run to my sister's room and jump on the bed until she'd get up. She... did not get to bed before 3 AM most days, haha. But she always played along. She was just happy to have an excuse to skip school... but she played along with me, anyway. We'd get all dressed up, and we'd run out into the snow together. It felt like... a blank canvas, y'know? We had the entire day ahead of us. Anything could happen."
Noelle goes silent for several moments.
"... one day, I had my last snow day with my sister. I didn't know it at the time. But I still think about that." Even though she sounds uncertain in her next words, she says them anyway. "You... can't let one bad dream distract you from what really matters."
Because maybe, even though she feels further away from ever, there's some clue to her sister here. Maybe if she gets strong enough, she can find it. That has to be why she came here, she's decided.
"Sorry, I rambled a lot, didn't I? Haha... You can just forget everything I said if you want."