Yeah. Back in the old town we wound up in. I think Varian or Dipper might have been with me when it happened, the memory's hazy when nightmares on nightmares happen and the people who see them blur. The trauma though? That comes in clear.

[It sounded a tad dramatic, but Luz meant every word].

Back there there was an older, jaded me. She forgot how to be anything like who I was. She was half crazy with disdain and, well, longing. She knew she lost her way, saw me, and was jealous.

At the time, I was scared that I might be like her, that I'd forget who I was and just be bitter and barely living.

[Now, she knew better. Now she understood that becoming like that was all about the decisions you made, and how much you thought they actually mattered].