The districts were rebuilt. People began to flourish. Equality was starting to flood. It was great. It was what they had all been fighting for!

So why was she so upset?

Here Effie was, in an old, peach silk nightgown, smoking by the window. No makeup, no wig. Her auburn curls down to her shoulders. She was beautiful, even when surrounded by smoke.

You just wish those tears weren't staining those beautiful cheeks.