I was running towards Tisaanah. I do not give you permission to fail if I fail. All I could think was that I loved her. I hadn’t told her that, but as that unsettling blue light grew closer and closer, I’d never felt any greater certainty. I loved her for her strength, for her beautiful brute force, for seeing what no one else did. I loved her for everything the world constantly used against her. I loved her for continuing anyway. Promise me that you will keep fighting your battles even if I lose mine.
