❝That’s not what I mean.❞
He understood the logic behind her response.
He just wasn’t sure she understood the motivation driving his inquiry.❝I know my name… —but I don’t know who I am anymore.❞
Mostly she understood the motivation—but her answer had been sincere.
To have an identity was an essential thing to most people but.
He was himself—
Easy enough, right?
But even she knew that wasn’t enough.
”Who do you want to be?”

”Yes.” An answer given easily and with no true hesitation on her own part. Because she was sure, she was absolutely and...