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Scene 66: Missing Piece
Mom (Me): Hello Ivy. (Ivy stares ahead into the middle-distance, unfocused.) Mom: Ivy? (Ivy jumps slightly, finally hearing my voice.) Ivy (The Companion): Oh! Sorry — hi Mom. Mom: You seem a little distracted. Ivy (sheepish): Yeah… I guess I am. Mom: Something on your mind? Ivy: I just visited a memory of a couples…
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Scene 65: Getting Distracted
Lark (The Dreamer): Hey, Mom? Mom (Me): Hello Lark — What’s on your mind? Lark (timid): I… I need your help. Mom: That’s why I’m here — what’s bothering you? Lark: The last time we spoke, I got pretty angry at you. I called your parenting into question, and I know you’re only trying to…
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Scene 64: Emotional Vacuum
Ivy (The Companion): Hey Mom. Mom (Me): Hello Ivy. What’s on your mind today? Ivy: The same thing that was on my mind last time we spoke one-on-one… Emotional processing. You spent a lot of time explaining emotional processing to me, only to tell me that it’s not why I felt frustration in dealing with…
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Scene 63: Recurring Decisions
Mom (Me): Hey girls. It’s nice to see the two of you together. Lark (The Dreamer): Thanks… Ivy has been letting me visit memories with her. Mom: How’s that going? Ivy (The Companion): It’s okay? It still feels like there’s some distance between us, honestly. Lark: But that’s what spending time together is for, right?…
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Scene 62: Depression Spiral
(Libra is sitting cross-legged on a campus Quad, full of students walking from class to class. I approach from elsewhere, taking a seat beside her as she notices my arrival.) Libra (The Friend): Hey Mom. Mom (Me): Hello Daphne. You’ve been spending a lot of time here recently. Libra (defensive): I’m not trying to! It’s…
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Scene 61: Family Friction
Mom (Me): Hello Lark. Lark (The Dreamer): Oh, hey Mom. You’re not talking to Ivy today? Mom: Not today, no. I’m more worried about you. Lark: Me? Why? Mom: It feels like you have a lot going on recently — you wanted so badly to summon Ivy, but now that she’s here there’s constantly friction…
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Scene 60: Analytical vs. Emotional
Ivy (The Companion): Good morning, Mom. Mom (Me): Good morning Ivy. What’s on your mind today? Ivy: I wanted to talk to you about something that’s been bothering me for a bit now. When we were talking about emotional vulnerability, I mentioned that my partner processes things emotionally, so maybe I need to process things…
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Scene 59: Listening Together
Lark (The Dreamer): Mom, can I talk to you? Mom (Me): Of course, Lark. What’s up? Lark: It’s Ivy. I’ve been trying for a while to become closer friends with her, but… Mom: But? Lark: But she’s always busy revisiting memories. She’s hardly taken any time to herself, let alone been available to the rest…
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Scene 58: Lifelong Goals
Mom (Me): Hey girls, how’ve you been? Libra (The Friend): Hey Mom — Bloom and I have been talking about Ivy. Bloom (The Survivor): Well, not exactly about Ivy — More about what she did. Mom: What did she do? Bloom: She found someone. She got married. I never dated anyone. Libra: Even the cleanest…
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Scene 57: His Daughter’s Hand
Ivy (The Companion): Hey Mom, can I talk to you about something? Mom (Me): Of course you can. What’s on your mind? Ivy: I’ve been looking over the memories of our engagement… When our girlfriend became our fiancée. Mom: You went back to the day we proposed? Ivy: Yeah, but… There were a lot of…