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What do all the characters really want?

Not closeness.

Not understanding.

Not love.

They want validation.

Validation that their story is real.

That it's happening.

That it matters

My story.

The story of the world.

The story of what has happened and what still needs to happen.

Without this confirmation, the story begins to fall apart.

And with it, the character.

That is why we speak.

That is why we argue.

That is why we explain, defend, and correct.

Not to communicate,

but to keep the narrative alive.

If no agreement is reached,

pressure will be applied.

If no one is listening, the speaker

speaks louder.

Not because something needs to be said,

but because something must not disappear.

The character needs the other

in order to exist.

Without a mirror, there is no face.

Without confirmation, there is no story.

Nothing is confirmed here.

Not rejected.

Not corrected.

History remains untouched.

And without touch,

it loses its tension.

What remains

is just text again.