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Narnia: 'this room has many windows' missing scene
From this room has many windows (PG13, Susan/Peter/Edmund). 149 words. PG.
She is swallowing the last of her sobs, reining herself in like she is used to. Her shoulders still shake, and she hides her eyes. "My decisions are mine alone," she says. "I'm not a child."
"Neither am I," Edmund replies through gritted teeth. "You're one of the few people who know that, and you're trying not to be. But you can't undo things. You can't turn back time."
"I am trying to move time forward!" she protests.
"Are you going to erase what made you who you are?" he snaps.
"What am I, Edmund?" she demands, and gestures at herself. A starched cotton dress and runs in her stockings. Lipstick that she fancied made her smile bright and alluring, now awkward against the redness of her face. "Look at me! What am I? What was I? Who will I be?"
"A queen," Edmund replies simply, "and my sister."
She is swallowing the last of her sobs, reining herself in like she is used to. Her shoulders still shake, and she hides her eyes. "My decisions are mine alone," she says. "I'm not a child."
"Neither am I," Edmund replies through gritted teeth. "You're one of the few people who know that, and you're trying not to be. But you can't undo things. You can't turn back time."
"I am trying to move time forward!" she protests.
"Are you going to erase what made you who you are?" he snaps.
"What am I, Edmund?" she demands, and gestures at herself. A starched cotton dress and runs in her stockings. Lipstick that she fancied made her smile bright and alluring, now awkward against the redness of her face. "Look at me! What am I? What was I? Who will I be?"
"A queen," Edmund replies simply, "and my sister."