How things used to be

[rebbonk]

A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like.

"We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a swing made from a tyre; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods".

The little girl was wide-eyed, taking this all in. At last she said "I sure wish

Spoiler:

I'd gotten to know you sooner!"

[Melisandre]