Luz flushed, smiling a little, then looking down a moment.
"Back home, I didn't have friends like I do here. I was hyperactive, really threw myself into the things I liked to do, and people were put off by that. So I was alone all the time, enough that my mom sent me to this camp to try and get me to make friends. At the time, I just thought she was trying to stifle me a little, but over time, you see things the way your parent does. When I got to the Boiling Isles, I made friends, but I'd also do this potentially crazy stuff to protect them too. I wanted to, of course, but this month, I had to face up to some of my fears. I realized that sometimes I do that stuff because I'm afraid people will see me as that annoying, crazy girl back home."
It was silly, maybe, but Luz had done herself a disservice by never really voicing it until now. When she spoke it aloud, it was clear that she ALWAYS had that thought, in the back of her head, even with her new family.
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"Back home, I didn't have friends like I do here. I was hyperactive, really threw myself into the things I liked to do, and people were put off by that. So I was alone all the time, enough that my mom sent me to this camp to try and get me to make friends. At the time, I just thought she was trying to stifle me a little, but over time, you see things the way your parent does. When I got to the Boiling Isles, I made friends, but I'd also do this potentially crazy stuff to protect them too. I wanted to, of course, but this month, I had to face up to some of my fears. I realized that sometimes I do that stuff because I'm afraid people will see me as that annoying, crazy girl back home."
It was silly, maybe, but Luz had done herself a disservice by never really voicing it until now. When she spoke it aloud, it was clear that she ALWAYS had that thought, in the back of her head, even with her new family.