it's not the life it seems

I was trying to write an Emere-Brando-childhood piece. It was supposed to be adult them, with Maine and Juniper, interrupted with flashback scenes. ... It didn't work out. I kept getting side-tracked with Emere's relationship with Juniper instead.

Anyway, here's the attempts. I would have kept going with it, letting it evolve into an entirely different piece, but I was having too much trouble piecing the sections all together. I couldn't figure out what direction I wanted to go with.

( There are presents. )