Gloria H. is a female peculiar who could turn metal into liquid with a touch. Her story is a cautionary tale to peculiars about falling in love with normals.[1]
History[]
Gloria is a ward of Miss Grebe. One day when she went to retrieve Miss Grebe's mail at the post office, she met the clerk there, Vonn. Their conversations grew in length, with both becoming attracted to the other. As they fell in love, Gloria started leaving her loop more often to see Vonn.
However, she was forbidden to answer the questions that Vonn asked her about her life. Despite this, he still wanted to marry her even if it meant never knowing of her background and never being able to share a night with her- the conditions that she gave him as she lived in a loop and would age forward, and being unwilling to betray her ymbryne and loopmates.
Gloria and Vonn were secretly married for several months before he asked that she share a night with him, which she did. The consequence the next morning was that she began to age forward, and she ran to her loop as fast as she could, managing to save herself. Unbeknownst to Gloria, Vonn had followed, and he was beside himself with worry.
Miss Grebe forbade Gloria to leave and see Vonn again, and it took Gloria a year to convince her ymbryne that she had moved on. This was a lie, and she went to see Vonn at the post office. However, he did not seem to know her, and in the year that had passed, had married someone else. Gloria realized that Miss Grebe must have wiped his memory, and was heartbroken.
Many years later, Gloria attended the funeral of Vonn's wife, and Vonn sought her out. He told her that Miss Grebe had told him that Gloria had nearly died, that he could not be with her and he must pretend not to know her. Though he married someone else, he could never stop loving Gloria. At Vonn's deathbed, Gloria finally told him her secrets, and he died with a smile.
Even today, Gloria swears that a lifetime of pain for the time the two spent together was worth it.
References[]
- ↑ Miss Peregrine's Museum of Wonders (Talking to Normal People)