An unknown force drove Eve to step forward and wrap Evelyn in a tight hug. In that instant, she felt something shift inside her—she suddenly felt eager to talk to everyone, ready to take charge of the game's flow. She pulled back, and heard the person who'd just been in her arms begin to mutter through the game's review. It hit her then—Evelyn was the moderator all along! No wonder she'd never seen the moderator in person, only heard their voice. And now she realized, that voice had been identical to Evelyn's.
All the questions that had lingered in Eve's mind suddenly made sense. Why had Evelyn felt so different from her yet irresistibly compelling whenever they played Werewolf? Why had she always chosen Evelyn as her role model when she was the Half-Breed, instinctively aligned with her when she was a good player, and still ended up on the same team as her even when she'd picked someone else as her Half-Breed role model? On the surface, it had been a 13-player game—but in reality, it was a standard 12-player match, with the moderator always present among them. Most importantly, Eve and Evelyn were the same person.
Eve thought to herself—Evelyn is another version of me. She represents the side of myself that I admire and strive to become. We were never two separate people to begin with.
The Evelyn that Eve had looked up to was, in fact, herself. Isn't that always the way? The people we admire are just the versions of ourselves that we're working hard to grow into. It's precisely because we have those role models to look up to that we find the motivation to keep moving forward. And one day, we will finally become the people we admire, and become the best versions of ourselves.
