19 Meimi Three Weeks Later I can’t believe it. It’s eight o’clock and I’m back at the Golden Pantheon building and wearing yet another fancy dress. I’m even sitting at the exact same spot where I did at the last Liberation Celebration. But that was so three weeks ago. Tonight’s event is very different. On the main stage, the wall of monitors now reads, Welcome ECHO Academy, Senior Class! Everyone’s here with their parents and loved ones. I have Chloe, Zoe, and their mother at my table. Since they’re both dressed up in blue gowns, the twins are hard to tell apart. You have to look carefully to see the grease stains still on Chloe’s neck. That’s always a dead giveaway. Beside the twins, their Mom looks like an older version of her daughters, only with gray hair, more laugh lines, and a p

