⟪ she winces at her own clumsiness – in her eagerness to assume everything must be better elsewhere, she’d not really considered that ‘bad’ could just take different shapes. libraries might not really be a thing for commoners like her, but that doesn’t exactly mean they’re a place for a kid to live. ⟫

Oh, it’s – when someone is very daring or brave and dramatic, in a fairytale kind of way. ⟪ she tries to think of a good example that doesn’t involve any of the propaganda bullshit quentin makepeace writes. ⟫ Like when someone storms a pirate ship to rescue their best friend.