Oh, this infuriating woman!<br/><br/>Elphaba was assaulted by a myriad of emotions at a rapid shot pace blurring through her heart and mind before she could properly assess them.<br/>First was infuriation - what the hell was she doing here?<br/>Next was fear - what if she was noticed in her unsubtle way of traveling? Or followed?<br/>This was foollowed by a tight knot of longing and sadness which loomed and threatened to douse her more heated emotions.<br/>And, of course, this was all packaged neatly with a giant wallop of guilt which choked her and made her all the angrier.<br/><br/>The green woman took a deep breath to steady herself and her storming emotions trying to feel around for words after Glinda had (rightfully) rebuked Elphaba for her abrupt abandonment of everyone she had ever held dear. She never expected to see any of them again any time soon.... or maybe ever again.<br/><br/>"Oh, Galinda... "<br/>Elphaba tried, the words feeling foreign and thick in her mouth, falling on to the former pronunciation of the blond witch's name.<br/><br/>"It's -.... it's good to see you, surely, but you shouldn't be here. You shouldn't have seen me. Things are too complicated, I'm in too deep I -"<br/>She bit her lip, realizing she was already saying too much.<br/><br/>"No one can know that you foun--...saw me."<br/><br/>Here Elphaba tried not to linger on those faces, those memories of people she unceremoniously dropped and walked away from, all for a cause she believed with every magical fiber, every cell of her body. Looking backwards never helped anyone, it only further complicated matters and endangered people, endangered causes and resolutions.<br/><br/>"I can't go back."