Perhaps it's better to think of it as putting the load down for a little while? Not forever but ... with friends and those close to you it's possible.

[Rhetorical question it might be but Alice does really enjoy yammering over philosophy and ideals and the like. She's keen to discuss things that seem like distant concepts.

Allowing oneself to be what they wish to be ... she hums a little as they begin to make their way up the stairs of the orphanage.]

I suppose the question then is who do I wish to be, yes?