A random journal entry realization from Pearl at some point, maybe after the Hidden Land stuff.

My memory, as it returned, told me of a different person. Someone so full of life it was spilling out her ears, into every action she did, even though she was in danger, and was so impulsive. I knew that girl still existed, for I can tell about some times when I've been so impulsive in my choices in this world, but she was much more disciplined. She was quieter, and even had something like a strategy for letting that impulsive nature loose.
I am a different person, a more cautious person, than I was before. I've grown. Will I be recognized as the girl who left her world when I go back? I don't know. But I don't think I hate who I've become, anyway. Pika told me when I mentioned it to him that he couldn't imagine me any other way, and Hex hesitantly said she could see where I would have come from. Kip, or Lidin as I keep trying to correct myself, told me that I have changed much in this time away, but that I was still me. Am I really? I can't tell. I can't see myself being so spontaneous anymore, even though I know I was. But it happened to another person, it feels like. Maybe I'll become something of a hybrid in my impulsive nature and my newfound cautious one.
Only time will tell.

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May 27, 2018
I had the idea because I see so much of a growth with how I write Crystal's character as of late, basically 2017 onward, from how I originally wrote her in my first book in 2015. Of course my writing style has become a bit more refined and calm instead of Let's have everything happen now! That's over... More random stuff! and I'm very glad about the change.