A Life Lived in Hundreds

by Botched Lobotomy

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‘Does it get better?’ she asked, one night.
‘We’re not that far away from my future now, you know,’ Twilight said, and winced. ‘I mean...’
‘You wanna try that one again?’
Twilight coughed. ‘Please.’
‘Mmhmm. But like, for us. For the ponies on the outside, as it were.’
‘Better?’ Twilight asked. ‘Maybe. I don’t know. For us, yes. For others, less so. Mostly, it’s just different. Different and...’
‘The same. Yeah. The world is the world is the world.’
‘It’s the ponies that make it count,’ said Twilight. ‘You have it alright.’
‘Right now,’ said Smith, ‘I got it great.’

Comments

[Bicyclette]

and toward the end, Smith joins Twilight in keeping a mind on the future. but here the context is different. it feels like trying to get to know Twilight's past better (through the world she came from) more than actually wondering about the future.

and Smith brings it back around to the present at the end, and what she has now.

and idk, this makes me think. there's just so much more acceptance and knowledge now than there was for me growing up, and i marvel at how different things are for the kids of today. but above all, i'm thankful for all that i have right now that once seemed unimaginable to me. things could be so much better for so many people, but i got it great