Sea Salt 5 [Divide and Rule]
Title: Coming of Age
Author: lost_spook
Story: Heroes of the Revolution (Divide & Rule)
Flavor(s): Sea Salt #5 (dew)
Toppings/Extras: Pocky + Malt - Ghosts of the Past #2 (end of childhood/beginning of adulthood) + My Treat - Emily is gone, Elizabeth is born.
Rating: All ages
Word Count: 100
Notes: 1962; Elizabeth Cardew.
Summary: Emily leaves the last remnant of her old life behind.
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Ten was too young to count as grown-up, but Emily felt it was old enough to start abandoning childish ways and went out into the garden on her birthday - heedless of getting her socks and shoes wet with the dew - to make a vow. Ten was old enough to know it wasn’t worth being Emily any longer. She’d answered to Elizabeth, Lizzie, Liz all year, but inwardly, secretly remained Emily. Now, Elizabeth would be braver, better, stronger; Elizabeth’s parents would never leave her behind; Elizabeth would fight if she must.
Nobody, she decided without tears or fuss, would miss Emily.
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Author: lost_spook
Story: Heroes of the Revolution (Divide & Rule)
Flavor(s): Sea Salt #5 (dew)
Toppings/Extras: Pocky + Malt - Ghosts of the Past #2 (end of childhood/beginning of adulthood) + My Treat - Emily is gone, Elizabeth is born.
Rating: All ages
Word Count: 100
Notes: 1962; Elizabeth Cardew.
Summary: Emily leaves the last remnant of her old life behind.
***
Ten was too young to count as grown-up, but Emily felt it was old enough to start abandoning childish ways and went out into the garden on her birthday - heedless of getting her socks and shoes wet with the dew - to make a vow. Ten was old enough to know it wasn’t worth being Emily any longer. She’d answered to Elizabeth, Lizzie, Liz all year, but inwardly, secretly remained Emily. Now, Elizabeth would be braver, better, stronger; Elizabeth’s parents would never leave her behind; Elizabeth would fight if she must.
Nobody, she decided without tears or fuss, would miss Emily.
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