The recorder clicks on and for a long moment the only sound is a gentle droning in the background.
"The Medal of Honor...where do I even start with that?"
Rachel laughs quietly, letting out a subtle sigh.
"So I mean...as you can see Diary, I'm still here, and I'm even still in uniform, but that's a huge surprise right?"
She laughs again, a little more genuinely this time, even grinning as she sat there staring at the recorder.
"So, things are...definitely better now, but you know that already, or well, I do...I'm still not used to talking to an inanimate object. Anyway, we're dating again Diary, and well, it's...it's nice, you know?...of course you know, what am I saying?."
Rachel stops again, rolling her eyes and shaking her head.
"I'm talking to a machine and it -still- feels funny, what the hell? Anyway...I dunno what I really wanted to say when I turned this thing on, I guess...but, things are decent, and I'm finally starting to feel like a person again, and I think I found a way to balance my life out so that I can have what I need, and also what I want...you know, instead of being how I used to be...so that's good, right? I mean I think it is...Aaaanyways, that's it for now, I guess."
Rachel sits back, pushing her hair back behind her ears before leaning over to turn the recorder off.
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