QUOTE : Behind every action, every thought, and every word lies the nagging question: what would Elodie think of me if she could see me now?<br />It’s a burden, this shift in attitude. It doesn’t come naturally; it requires constant work, and the new restrictions I’ve placed upon myself chafe like nothing else.<br />She didn’t ask me to change.<br />She hasn’t really asked anything of me, but this gnawing desire to make her happy, to make her proud of me, is ever constant. For her, I want to be better than my soiled, rotten soul has ever been before.