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The Crucible-Sophia Diary Entry

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She had come from around the corner, slowly walking away from the crowd gathered in the main hall. The crowd was making quite a ruckus and could be heard, even as she came around. Walking slowly down the hallway adjacent from the main hall, she came across a set of stairs. The hallway was small and dark, but the light from the main hall shone through. At the top of the stairs was Sophia.

She hesitated for a moment, placing one hand on the stairhandle. She knew not whether to return back to the main hall, or to climb up. She would not be given the option to choose.

"I did not know you would be coming!" Sophia said. Her voice was only loud enough to barely be heard, but still, her impetuity could be noticed. The wry, dull smile that
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She immediately ran down the stairwell, but stopped near the bottom. She collected herself, and procedded down the rest of the stairwell with more grace and dignity. She had clearly been taught that through repetition.

Now at the bottom, she had accepted Sophia with open arms. Their hug was awkward, as Sophia towered over her. Nevertheless, it was genuine for what it was.

"How have you been? What have--" she said--but stopped mid-sentence. She had known the answer to that question. For Sophia, surely, the summers had been hard and hot, and the winters had been cold and cruel. If she had come a few years earlier, surely
Sophia would have ran down all of the stairs and jumped into her arms. But now, she knew better, for better or worse.

Fortuantly, Sophia did not notice the stop, or the hesitation in her voice. She was blithe to those things. For someone like her, being blithe to those things served her greatly. All she needed to do was be happy.

"I have been well," she said. She had looked curiously at Sophia. "Been Well?" she thought. The formality was sickening. She knew she had been gone for long, but she thought: Could this much have changed? She cast a vain, suspicious look on

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