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[defyingfrigidity]

WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, QUEENOFICEOLATION. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 013.11.221.20 *** QUEENOFICEOLATION has joined 013.11.221.20 <QUEENOFICEOLATION> I think I've finally gotten the hang of these devices. <QUEENOFICEOLATION> So! <QUEENOFICEOLATION> There's no harm in setting up one of these, yes? <QUEENOFICEOLATION> (Thanks to those of you who helped me do so and I'm sorry if I frustrated anyone)

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[defyingfrigidity]

[It takes a moment for Elsa to respond because wow... is this how Anna felt, when she was trying to get through to her?]

I know. I can't blame you for that. But... sometimes, people are so focused on wanting to help others, that they can't realize that their help is in fact hurting others as well.

It's... a very sharp double-edged sword.

[She knows from experience.]

[terribibble]

I shouldn't have put it over her.

[And here we get to the heart of things. If what he'd done had meant something, had really helped even one person, it might have been worth it. As it is he just bet his money on the wrong horse and came out of things empty-handed and all alone. It's a hard thing to accept, that something you poured yourself into so deeply was so pointless.]

I drove away my own family for nothing.

[defyingfrigidity]

[Elsa nearly flinches at that. It... hit a nerve that's still pretty raw.]

It's horrible, isn't it? Driving people away because you love them so much. Even though it hurts. And you don't realize how bad it is until it's too late.

[Almost too late, in Elsa case, but for one brief moment, the worst had come to pass.]

[terribibble]

And that's the thing about it. I'm never goin' to see her again and that's how she's goin' to remember me.

Thank you for stickin' with me even after... y'know. Knowin' all this. It means a lot.