>>21184358>[Kelly Omega frowns, but recalling the epiphany she had some months earlier... pauses before replying. Her voice is softer now, but has not lost its intensity.]“ *Those girls* will never have to deal with the shit that we did, Mitchell. Not because I don’t think they could handle it. But because I know that you will – tch, because both of us are going to make sure they don’t have to.”
“I see the fire inside some of them, so desperate for wins already. And I see how some of them are already becoming friends, or partners... or rivals. Maybe they will all get what they want, one day. All the titles and records they dreamed of. And maybe some of then will still have things to check off their bucket list on the day they turn 34. Things never said. *Matches never wrestled.* “
>[Fuck’s sake.]“I promise you, Tomboy... I’ll take this seriously. Maybe not for the same reason as you. But I’m not looking to fade away from this place, some forgotten Christmas cake past her expiration date. I thought it might have been the Skeleton, or the Flame, or the Monkey. I thought it might have been the Alpha. And maybe it still will. But if there’s a chance any one of *those girls* is the one to give me what I want, then I will show you just how fucking seriously I take it.”
