There’s a paragraph from the Broken Earth series that has been burned into my brain as a fantastic description of an unbalanced power dynamic and relationship evolution. “Reminding him that he has been, up to today, a good father. It is a manipulation. Something of her is warped out of true by this moment, and…

There’s a lot to say about it. Multiple variants of the same story. Perspectives that uplift and destroy.

The person I want to be right now. Not the person I want them to think I am. The person I want to be right now.

I stayed in my shoes all day today. I didn’t slip into yours. The streets I walked missed the paths that your steps would have worn. Tomorrow I’ll step again into a pair of shoes, and this time I’ll take a few steps in each to feel them move.