Panel 1: Rose and Denise sit together on the stairs.
Denise: Look...you're not that bad. You're mostly just kind of weird and blunt.
Panel 2: Rose puts her head down on her knees.
Rose: So how do I turn into a sociopathic nihilistic chessmaster?
Denise: You probably don't.
Panel 3: Rose raises her head just enough to watch Denise cynically.
Denise: That's just how it seems to you now. But how do you think of your past self? Like...from before the time travel?
Panel 4: Rose sits up straight.
Rose: I think she was a naive, oblivious, happy-go-lucky--ohhhhhhh noooooo.
Denise: And there it is.
Alt-Text: Most people eventually have this realisation, but it definitely has extra force for Rose.
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