[ She sighs and tilts her head back, looks up at the sky between the buildings. She'd spent so long being propelled forward by the idea that someday she would figure out what she meant for, that it would take her somewhere she wanted to be. And it turned out that the only way for her to achieve that was to lose absolutely everything that meant anything to her, to stumble through some kind of freak cosmic coincidence. To suffer incomprehensible pain and somehow manage to remain mentally present enough to take advantage of the silver lining.

The clouds drift by overhead, dotted by the occasional passing bird. ]

I know it's mine. Things make sense now, where they never did before. But it feels like I lost so much time, bein' somewhere that I could never do the thing I was supposed to be doin'. [ She's quiet for a beat, still looking up, and her head tilts a little to one side. ] I guess it wouldn't've been the same without you.

[ Along with Nadine, he's honestly been the single most supportive person along her way. Julie is someone who spent much of her life being discouraged by those around her. She's not sure she would have kept struggling forward at magic without him. ]