Thirteenth Flake [Text]

[defyingfrigidity]

[Normally, Elsa doesn't care for making text posts. Video helps her be more open people, and even after over a year here, she could always use more help with that! But there are still rare occasions where she just... doesn't trust her emotions to stay under control. So text it is for those days.]

For those of you who have been here for quite a while now:
Is there... any good way to cope with people from other worlds leaving?
I know that, when people from your own world leave, you can be comforted in the fact that you'll see them again when you return home.

But... what about those from other worlds?
They're gone, and unless you remain here for long enough that you return, you'll never see them again.
And if they're important to you, just as much as the people from your own world...

How can you get over the disappearance of someone like that?

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[defyingfrigidity]

Precisely.
It... didn't always work, especially when I was younger.
I wound up figuring out a lot of important things a lot later in life.
When it was... almost too late to reign that power on.

[doitrockapella]

Mm. If it's some comfort — some people like to say that almost doesn't count, but it sounds like your circumstances were one of the exceptions. There's a very distinct difference between "almost too late" and "too late".

I'm glad you arrived at your important things, even if the timing could've been better.

[defyingfrigidity]

It's... somewhat comforting, yes. But the line there was a very thin one.
I was already unintentionally hurting my entire kingdom.
If it wasn't for my sister, I wouldn't have been able to do anything.