voice; private
[ elena considers, and nods. leia's unwavering certainty is by no means ineffectual. she emanates a poise and leadership-quality that is difficult to not notice. ] Where I was before I got here - it kind of worked like that, too. Once you fell through a rift, it's almost like you were split in half; one half of you stayed home, and the other went on to live another life.
[ a beat. ] God, it sounds so crazy when I say it out loud.