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levitySuspended over the abyss, the life of Octavia's inhabitants is less uncertain than in other cities. They know the net will last only so long.
One day, maybe, I will grow up. Then I will be amazing at all the administrativa and efficient at studying and I will drink coffee just to wake up and never mind the taste. The trains will be modes of public transport and not great old worn-down lines of greying urban beauty, and my boots will match my uniform. (Aimee Dy asked after my boots, saying she liked the color, and I told her, My mom was in Trinoma and she saw red boots and thought of me. Why, she asked, is red your favorite color. I like red shoes, I said, and cut off the half-true story before I could start, once upon a time I was Dorothy. I will always sort of be Dorothy now; I want to reread Lord of the Rings. Those two comments are connected, I swear. They haven't yet made the shoes that can take you home.)
One day, maybe, I will grow up. Then I will be amazing at all the administrativa and efficient at studying and I will drink coffee just to wake up and never mind the taste. The trains will be modes of public transport and not great old worn-down lines of greying urban beauty, and my boots will match my uniform. (Aimee Dy asked after my boots, saying she liked the color, and I told her, My mom was in Trinoma and she saw red boots and thought of me. Why, she asked, is red your favorite color. I like red shoes, I said, and cut off the half-true story before I could start, once upon a time I was Dorothy. I will always sort of be Dorothy now; I want to reread Lord of the Rings. Those two comments are connected, I swear. They haven't yet made the shoes that can take you home.)
