✴⠀⠀⠀ACT I.
East Blue / Sea of Dawn
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Everything has changed and yet, I am more me than I've ever been.
IAIN THOMAS.
His eyes were the sea. This is how people drown, [she] thought.
JODI PICOULT, The Book of Two Ways (Ballatine, 2020)
ZORO: Well, you look worthy enough to me.
⠀⠀⠀⠀[He pauses, briefly. Hesitation, perhaps?]
ZORO: Not that it matters to you, anyway.
⠀⠀⠀⠀[He says those words as if trying to convince himself more than ASA.]
[ASA lets out a faint laugh. He can tell it's a half-hearted one.]
ASA [quietly]: At least you think so.
⠀⠀⠀⠀[The words faintly echo in her mind.]
⠀⠀⠀⠀[At least you think so, Zoro.]
[At least you think so.]
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DEAR SUN & SEA.
I.⠀⠀⠀ Season One.
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