I was watching Yunjin painting the last bit of the board when I had asked, "How do you do this?"

"Do what?"

"Not be scared to go against the normal."

She had smiled. "Not when we are a part of that normal."

I'd think over it for days, weeks even, but I just couldn't see what you, she and many others could.

Yes, the law stated that all of us were equal, but the unsaid rule of Estra kept us under its shoe. Where was the normal?

A few days prior I got a call from my mother. She finally knew it all, and the tone of her voice did not suggest rainbows and sunshine. That was to be expected, but I was surprised it took her so long.

But that was fine because that day I had someone to come back to, someone who could hold me close till those tears dried. And when you stayed there a little longer than I would've ever imagined, I think I knew just what I felt all along.

Maybe now I wasn't so afraid of standing up beside you, maybe holding your hand as well-- the smile you had was worth more than the most precious of the jewels of this world.

And when I did hold your hand, I realised just what we were fighting for. My feelings were normal too, weren't they?