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[she sits on ground drawing in the dust beneath her.]
[they enter stage right and approach her.]

they ask:

do you regret it?

[she stops drawing and looks up]

she says:

no, not at all. i forced myself to be like everyone wanted me, or perhaps, even needed me to be. my whole life revolved around meeting expectations and when i finally got away from it all, when i finally broke free, i loved it. i needed to become everything i hated, everything morally wrong, a thing of disgust in the eyes of most, drawing pity from every figure who looked my way, because i was that torn down and broken. i was tired and fed up.

[she stands and faces them.]

i had to lose myself in order to find myself.

i once was lost, but now am found.

i now know who i am. i know where i'm going. i have my morals in check and i will conquer every goal i set. i am stronger than i've ever been. so, no. i will never regret that life changing experience of losing myself, because i've found a better me. and i'm never letting go.

[she turns and exits stage left.]

[deleted scene.]

girl 1:

you know what i mean?

[she looks at girl 1 sad at first, quickly turned to anger, then slowly subsiding to pity]

she says:

yes, i know exactly what you mean. for the exact instance happened to me a long while ago with someone very special. someone whom i trusted above all else. someone who could have been great, but chose instead to become a coward, hidden behind lies that are too weak for their own good. girl, i know exactly what you mean..

and not only are your words incredibly ironic..

they still cut me just as deeply as before..

[she exits stage right. never seen again by girl 1.]

sh.