The Sirens

“Sisters were a strange thing. They were a part of you.”

Mary and Eliza show how sisterhood is its own kind of magic. They survive because they keep secrets for each other.

Living in a theater means everyone is always wearing a mask. The girls only find safety when the curtains finally stay closed.

“They were things to be looked at. Things to be admired.”

Men in this story see beauty as something to own or display. It makes perfection feel like a very dangerous trap.

“The sea was a hungry thing.”

The ocean feels like a character that is constantly waiting. It offers a dark kind of freedom when the land feels too small.