Rachel and Cassie had been inseparable growing up, and as different as they looked--Rachel tall and athletic, Cassie short and pragmatic--they bloomed like vines around the same tree. Having felt how different it was to become dolphins and wolves and flies, how dissimilar could two leaves be?
Yet now that victory seems close at hand and peace farther away than ever, Cassie does not know what she fears more--the sharp sting of a crown cut too soon, or the long work of nourishing an olive branch in difficult soil.
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Rachel and Cassie had been inseparable growing up, and as different as they looked--Rachel tall and athletic, Cassie short and pragmatic--they bloomed like vines around the same tree. Having felt how different it was to become dolphins and wolves and flies, how dissimilar could two leaves be?
Yet now that victory seems close at hand and peace farther away than ever, Cassie does not know what she fears more--the sharp sting of a crown cut too soon, or the long work of nourishing an olive branch in difficult soil.