Phantom Hollow As fresh as a daisy,

I think you have the right idea already, Her thoughtful expression belied the lazy flirtation in her tone, and her smile was faint. You learn to like the taste of your own power. That's all it really is. Whether it's words or... brute strength.

Reverie leaned back against him as she finished, her touch softer this time; more deliberate. Have you ever felt truly free? She wondered quietly, thinking back now to her early days in the Rising Sun Valley; how wild and untethered she'd been, just a girl flitting wherever the wind took her. True freedom — a thousand choices spread out before her like diamonds.

Strangely, she didn't miss it.