"I get it. He wants to steal someone, instead of being stolen from. Reclaim his pride. I don't get why he's so ugly and pitiless to Sam Evans. To me. That's not the boy I know! So I rationalize. He's doing it to push me away so I'll fly free like the diva-bird I am."
"'Diva-bird'..."
"So I'm not tied to him and Lima. But..."
"But?" her therapist leads.
"We sang together for the first time in a while. It was magic. He's special. He thinks he'll never get out of Lima but doesn't he see? He can. Because he's tied to me."
