MEMORY 2 | "I wanted to climb the ranks, marry into a good family, and live a nice life."

[cosmetician]

EARNED: Nafuna, Day 63, 5/22/2014
TAKEN: Day 63, 5/22/2014
WITNESSES: Roxy, Zelos.

❚ the memory itself ➙

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❈ "Think of this as the karma tied to killing" isn't included in this memory!

❚ what is learned ➙

● This is an "old" memory, of a younger her.
● She originally had no ties to the revolutionary army! Instead, she apparently worked for the government that she was opposing in her starter memory, and had ambitions to procure a comfortable life for herself.
● Rural, middle-class origins that she rose above because of hard work and brains.
● An unpleasant memory is likely to be tied to this one, given how it ends on such an ominous note.

❚ what this means ➙

○ Relief that it isn't a memory about being a killer, plus the seeds for a potential explanation as for why she even became one.
○ This is a significant memory in that it hints at an important future epiphany, and shows a Chelsea on the borderline between who she was and who she will become, but being taken this early means it will have a trivial effect that will hit harder later on.