I'll also be better equipped to help those around me, those I care about, and those who care for me.

I always say this, and I am always trying.. there are times where it's easier or harder for me to do so.. but I'm going to keep doing my best💕

and I guess I just feel powerless to really do anything about it. but I think what I need to keep reminding myself to try and push through, is that even if I can't have some crazy effect on the world as a whole, it's still worth striving to better myself. if I can put myself in a better position,

but for the recent.. idk while now, it's been harder and harder for me to do so, and I think part of that is that the world and the future just feel a lot scarier.

I'm not sure exactly when it happened but looking at current events it's just become a lot harder to believe in a better future

thank you april!! I think I'm doing better than a couple of days ago but the swings in temperature are still pretty intense where I live, gonna keep hanging in there an doing what I can!🤗

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50. Penitence
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sometimes it feels like some people are just too far gone, but I'm glad that wasn't the case here. ofc it doesn't excuse any of the things he's done and there should be repercussions, but still..

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49. Even Without Ideals
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thank you quorn!! the weather's been really weird here lately, and we even have a forecast for snow today somehow?? big jumps in temperatures day by day and it's messing with me..

I hope you've been holding up okay 🤗

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47. Clarice’s Return
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really happy to see so many past characters making returns these recent chapters!!

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46. A Warrior Covered in Scars
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;~; I know Alea means the best, and I'm sure Simone knows that too...

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45. Having The Right
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ah, Creme Brulee-sama..

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44. Debate
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the return...!

after hearing of the man's past hardships as well as his plans for the future, Lyrica is sold. she decides that she wants to invest too. while she lives in the palace she doesn't have her many personal assets so...

she entrusts him with the silver coin she'd once placed all of her hopes in😭

later, Lyrica's mother tells her that she's made an investment with a man. concerned that the man's conned her mother she hears that he's still on palace grounds and chases him down, demanding that he return the money.

he, however, manages, to convince Lyrica to hear him out

time passes and they're starting to settle into the palace. Lyrica's mother manages to find the exact silver coin and return it to her. compared to the extravagances of a life at the palace, a single silver coin might not be much.. but it's the coin Lyrica had anchored her hopes and dreams to

the long short is, Lyrica refuses but after they go to bed, her mother steals her stash and disappears. Later on someone from the palace comes to pick Lyrica up, it seems that her mother succeeded in her gambit.

time to fast forward because I've spent too long on context