I read this over the course of vending at a convention and felt deeply attacked by the entire story. This shares a lot of themes of shedding prior identity to be closer to yourself, and it's honestly something I deeply vibe with. The closing monologue - why be afraid of failing, why not just try your best, why not just be what you can be - all hammer just as close to home as the rest of Zandra's works. Short and incredibly to-the-point - the pacing's quick, but not so quick as that I ever felt lost. If I had to include a single complaint, it's that there just wasn't enough of it.