(4)
"realise"
Maybe it was so painful because, in some sense, Glinda already knew. She'd spent her life fantasising about her whirlwind romance, and yet her relationship with Fiyero felt so... flat. Or perhaps it hurt because, despite everything, she did love him. Truly. She wasn't flirty, frolicking Galinda anymore. She'd grown. And she loved him. Because he was him. Or maybe it was simply because it was her. Because somehow, she'd never seen that coming. Why did it have to be her?
Glinda realised several things at once.
She couldn't trust Elphaba anymore. The world wasn't safe anymore.
She was afraid.