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It was like thinking you were the princess in the fairy tale only to wake up and find you were the evil queen the whole time.
The girl who you think you love but actually don’t. You just miss her being in love with you.”
But time did not work like a fairytale. So many books and movies I had read and seen had everything fall into place at the exact moment. The happy ending. The hero was ready for the final battle and won. Life was not like that. It didn’t cater to you, to the outcome you wanted.
“We’re not ready.” Though what I really meant was I wasn’t ready. “No one ever is. War stories are told in ways to glamorize them. Made to be heroic and honorable by history. But they never are. I have been through too many to know. No one is ever ready. Even when they think they are. They’re horrific, cruel, violent, and most of the time not worth the death and destruction they cause.” He
