As a short practice, I've created a quickwrite reflecting on Destiny's thoughts as she meets Mystery at Delphi.
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"I don't think we want to start a fight here," Monkey King said gravely, turning away and transferring his staff from tail to paws. El Toro, hat in hands, followed suit, not only dumbfounded, but ashamed by the celestial trickster. Bonnie Anne patted Destiny's back before joining the others. Old Scratch had left long before. All who was left facing the snakes was Destiny, whose face was red. She composed herself before speaking.
"You stole my memories," she whispered, leaning on her palms over the magical well, "You tore away my first five years for another month-long journey. Don't you feel that?" Destiny's tone momentarily shifted from one of hatred to curiosity. "Don't you know what loss is?" Her face quickly formed the grimace from before, remembering that the snakes wouldn't respond. Destiny didn't want to start life at ten years old. She turned towards the entrance and glanced back once, shaking her head. She sprinted out.

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