> Nod.
> "The suddenness, I can understand. Truth be told, just as I seem to have surprised you over the past day and a half, you have also surprised me. Among other things, you have been willing to do whatever I've told you to do, often without question."
> Pause.
> "Not that I'm complaining, of course. On the contrary, I'm quite appreciative. But...I think, perhaps it is another reflection of that positional difference. Perhaps that difference meant we were never even willing to give each other a chance. On one side, there was the selfish, vulgar brat who only did what she wanted and showed no remorse if she hurt others. On the other, there was the suffocating buzzkill authority figure, demanding specific behavior patterns, showing no care for personality or individuality."
> "But then yesterday happened, and look at where we've come and what we've accomplished since, just because we've been willing to give each other a chance. It is admittedly a seemingly sudden thing, but...I think we've both had these feelings in ourselves all the time, and that they've only started to come out in each other's presence because we've let them. You've always been you, and I've always been me. This gets back to the comparison I tried to draw earlier, in considering the Messenger and the Eldest Daughter against Iku and Tenshi. A change in scenery has changed how we treat each other, even though we're being no more or less true to ourselves than we were before."
