ACT V: The Glass Gate
In a world tailored for children, Eva steps through a door she was never meant to open. Surrounded by laughter and innocence, she finds not belonging, but loneliness—sharp and echoing. The chalk feels too heavy in her hand, the colors too simple, the lessons too small. She wanted to learn, to be like them. But instead, she finds herself staring through the glass gate of childhood from the wrong side, brilliant and breaking.
Her mind is older than her bones, her soul heavier than her voice. And when playground games become foreign tongues, and friendship feels like a riddle with no answer, Eva runs—not away, but toward the only truth she's ever known: that she is different. And maybe… that's okay.