**Chapter 5 Part 4** Lucy crumpled the paper up. She threw it away like a hot coal in her hand. “You shouldn’t litter, girl.” “Birdo, what do you think I should be doing right now?” Birdo surprisingly hasn’t addressed the subject at all. All they’ve been doing for the last few days has been playing video games and watching TV. “I can’t decide that,” Birdo shrugged. “You have to have some opinion.” “I think you need to be true to yourself,” Birdo halted. “I live true to myself everyday. I don’t even know what I am to be honest. I think I’m a Yoshi with a birth defect but I can’t be sure. All I know is that I’m Birdo so I’m going to be Birdo. If you want to know what you should do then ask yourself what are you. If you are Luigi ask Luigi what you should do. If you are Lucy then ask her.” Birdo resumes her trot. When Lucy first began to cross dress Luigi was meant to be wish fulfillment. She wanted Luigi to be everything she ever wanted to be. Yet her cowardice and timidity remained. She locked herself in her brother’s shadow. She only ever left it to flee the truth. Now it’s caught up to her. Mario’s shadow is hundreds of miles away. The only thing left is the light. “I know what I need to do,” she was relieved. Her epiphany had arrived. “Go home?” “Yes. Is that what you were hoping I’d do or was that a guess?” “I’ll tell you as we pack.”