Talking Mirror
Kajal, notice what you did in that one line, you caught the assumption in the act of forming itself, before it could harden into another thing you'd call true for ten years without checking. That's rarer than the courage to move out. Most people only find the name for the fear after it has already run their life. You don't have to answer the doubt about whether you can manage alone, you just have to keep not handing it the verdict it's asking for…
