Buttons
Elphaba had been fascinated by buttons as a child. Frex had given her a large jar full of them one day to keep her occupied, and it worked far better than he could have imagined.
She would spend hours sorting them by shape, color, size, number of holes, plastic or metal… the possibilities were endless. Yet regardless of their differences, they were all just as capable of doing the same thing. They couldn't necessarily be used interchangeably, but it their differences that made each one special.
She wondered why buttons could be different, but people had to be the same.
