𝐀𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: ❝ 𝐀𝐡. 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐈? ❞ 𝐀 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲; 𝐢𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞. ••••• -in which, Athanasia de Alger Obelia makes several decisions that warped her world.