Role

Chapter 2

Lessons Part II
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otherwise. All of this she is proud of and intends to continue, but what perhaps has
been the most difficult, the most unexpected, is the result of her years among the
villagers. For years she was as hard inside as she was outside, not in terms of her
fighting or warring, but as a person. Never a smile. Never any joy. Never humor. It's
not a surprise she was that way, of course, but she sees within herself now that the
great tragedy of her youth, and the constant reminder of the curse laid upon her and
her family, no longer holds the same strangle hold on her personality. Instead she has
learned from her brothers and sisters of the village that not despite of the pain, but
because of it, she can and has learned to enjoy the life she has, and those with whom
she shares it. The anger that was constant is now transformed to determination and
loyalty, to strength of heart, which is not diminished by a smile or a laugh. An
unlooked for but immensely powerful lesson, and one she's glad she's learned.