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"Today I want to go down the stairs," Elle announced to Emele over her breakfast toast

I will su your chair, E white Jock hairs off a couch pillow

"Youof my words I want to walk down the stairs I don’t want to be carried"

Emele held a hand to her throat before she scribbled away on her slate Her pen You can’t, you can’t use crutches and go down steps It would be too dangerous

"I won’t need crutches I can hold onto the railing"

You cannot move without crutches

"I believe that I can," Elle firmly said

E is better, I ath back"

Emele’s lower lip trembled Do you want to leave us that badly?

Elle reached for E me today That’s not it at all I enjoy it here, but I will have to leave eventually I’o down a flight of stairs, I won’t go up"

Emele brushed a teardrop from her eyelashes and bravely nodded

Elle finished her breakfast as E cushions and inspecting Elle’s wardrobe

The ladies ray dress that set off her eyes just right The castle was cold enough that Elle took a white shawl to wrap around her shoulders

"I want my hair down today, it’s too cold to pin it up," Elle said when Emele held a handful of hairpins and patted a chair in invitation