Status Updates From Immaculate Conception

At what point will Enka be content with her own capabilities and detach her self worth from Mathilde’s successes? Will she ever see what it is she does have that Mathilde may not?

The present mother Enka is a passive person, whose choices were either denied or never made—how will this change?

How did Enka not realize the sculptures were the cactuses?

Enka’s jealousy is so all-consuming, it leaves discomfort after every chapter of the ‘then.’
Very curious to see if this seemingly performative distress about her missing status will make sense once the timelines meet.

There’s something to be said about Enka’s constant yearning for Mathilde’s presumed ‘success’
While Enka is quickly climbing the social ladder and in the favor of the enclave she was born outside, Mathilde’s rejection of social acceptance in spite of being born in the enclave makes it difficult to accept Enka, both as artist and friend

I’m very invested into how Enka’s envy (of Mathilde, enclavers) transforms into the grieving person that’s shows in the now
Can her sorrow and fear be justified in the friendship that transpired after Mathilde’s discovery?