Beautiful story, @diebitch! I love the sweet resolution. It's just a baby step for the narrator, but we know that she now has the potential to be free! I also love the pun in your title — Agora — named for a Greek market, and the term agoraphobia, which is of course a fear of leaving one's domain. Not to mention the reference to Dora the Explorer who is a fearless, go-anywhere young lady with a backpack. So clever!