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5. She loves through visible choice, words, gestures, and declaration.

The important part for writing: Piper doesn't work well if you write her only as a white, wealthy, neurotic girl. That's partially true but superficial. What's actually interesting about her is the gap between who she wants to be and who she becomes when she's afraid, jealous, turned on, or feels someone seeing through her. Alex activates all those zones at once.

Short character quotes:

"Will you be my girlfriend?" [V6]
"Why do you always feel so inevitable to me?" [V6]
"I love you and I… hate you." [V6]

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