[ oh. she deflates, visibly distressed on sam's behalf, and chews on her lip with something she oughta say. fair is fair. ]

They took hers too. Not - I didn't fly, but I had wings. I could have. I wanted to.

[ it's not the same and she knows that, but. there are parallels. she keeps chewing her lip. ]

Got too close to the Sun and they - they burned them away. Made sure it wouldn't heal. Yields better results when it's torn right open.

[ not exactly what the reports said, the truth mixed up in metaphors and fairytales, but she remembers it all. the chewing stops and she looks at sam with the sun still burning behind her eyes. ]

But I'll fly anyway. I will. And you can too, if you want to. I want to.