Born by the billions in the Sargasso Sea, eels start as larvae, grow into transparent, threadlike glass eels, and then opaque, dark brown-gray elvers, before settling into middle-aged yellow eels. Eels reach maturity between the ages of four and 18.
loneliness really does advance and strengthen like once it makes a home in you it’s so hard to feel like your place is with others and it’s so easy to get out of practice at sharing who you are because by that point being on your own is an integral aspect of your existence and there’s just no way to explain that to anybody
