For some of them it had been easier to get rid of the reminders. She'd burned all of her straw soon after they'd found out the truth. Almost did the same to the spinning wheel before she thought better of it. She'd heard through the grapevine that Shang had sold his sword.
She can't help the soft sigh that escapes as the silence stretches, before she starts up, rather abruptly, with another story that settles into her mind at the thought of Shang.
"There's another boy and girl I know. All their lives they were told that they were-- destined for one another, and then they found out that they weren't. And it's taken them a long time but they're-- they're starting to realize that just because they aren't destiny doesn't mean that they don't actually love each other. That they can make something new out of who they thought they were and who they are now." Shang Brian and Mulan Li were an inspiration to the rest of them, really. They'd almost ripped apart same as so many of them-- as she and her King Edgar had, although their circumstances were very different-- but they'd realized that some of the love, at least, was still real. Had to be.
And they were trying, and it couldn't help but have her believing that there's still an ever after for them all out there somewhere.
"They're happy. Or they're getting to be, even though it was really-- really bad for a while, and it probably will be again. But they're happy because they're trying to be."
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Date: 2013-01-03 04:57 am (UTC)She can't help the soft sigh that escapes as the silence stretches, before she starts up, rather abruptly, with another story that settles into her mind at the thought of Shang.
"There's another boy and girl I know. All their lives they were told that they were-- destined for one another, and then they found out that they weren't. And it's taken them a long time but they're-- they're starting to realize that just because they aren't destiny doesn't mean that they don't actually love each other. That they can make something new out of who they thought they were and who they are now."
ShangBrian andMulanLi were an inspiration to the rest of them, really. They'd almost ripped apart same as so many of them-- as she andher KingEdgar had, although their circumstances were very different-- but they'd realized that some of the love, at least, was still real. Had to be.And they were trying, and it couldn't help but have her believing that there's still an ever after for them all out there somewhere.
"They're happy. Or they're getting to be, even though it was really-- really bad for a while, and it probably will be again. But they're happy because they're trying to be."
Won't he try to be?