Which passage from the story best supports the idea that emotional struggles are not tolerated in the narrator's community?
A feeling stirs in my chest, something heavy with claws that scrabble at my heart. I don't remember what it means.
There isn't a Crone who lives in the wilds, only me. I backtracked to the hills where I lost Kito to the flames and made my home in the hollow of a wizened baobab.
I was lonely, and although I could still conjure fire then, my nightmares were replete with choking smoke and heat sizzling on my skin.
The elders asked me to leave when the cracks started showing in my orb; when fire and the things it takes from us were the only thoughts that fit inside my heart.
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The elders asked me to leave when the cracks started showing in my orb; when fire and the things it takes from us were the only thoughts that fit inside my heart.