[s1e2] Proverbs 31:25 -

"I don't have time for tea," Maya snapped, though her eyes filled with tears. "I have no money, no place to stay after Friday, and... and I’m alone."

"You don't laugh because the future is funny," Elena smiled, and for the first time, Maya saw the steel in it. "You laugh because you’ve stopped being afraid of it. You laugh because you realize that if you survived yesterday, the 'days to come' have already lost their power over you." [S1E2] Proverbs 31:25

Elena watched her go, then picked up her tea. The wind rattled the windowpane, but Elena didn't flinch. She simply took a sip, adjusted her "clothing" of strength, and smiled at the darkening sky. "I don't have time for tea," Maya snapped,

"I thought strength was something you were born with," Elena continued, touching her bangle. "But strength isn't a muscle. It’s a garment. You have to choose to put it on every morning, even when it feels too heavy to wear. And dignity? Dignity is remembering that your current 'now' isn't your 'forever.'" "You laugh because you’ve stopped being afraid of it

Elena didn't look at the box first. She looked at Maya. She saw the tremor in the girl’s hands and the way she flinched at the sound of a car backfiring outside. Elena knew that look; it was the look of someone who felt the future was a predator waiting in the tall grass.