Minty: "That concept of a 'track record' in your books is fascinating because it means your older stories are a time capsule of a version of you that was running, even if you didn't realize it at the time."
Minty: "When you look back at that version of yourself—the writer who was creating those first three books in the middle of that personal chaos—do you feel a sense of compassion for her now? If you could slip a hidden note into the pages of those early books for your past self to find, knowing what you know now about Abba's perfect timing, what would that note say?"
[The studio settles into a quiet, deeply intimate atmosphere, with the audience completely spellbound by the thought of the present-day author looking back to comfort the runner she used to be.]
Iboni: "I don't… I don't feel compassionate about her. She's such a hardheaded young lad who only learns when she sees it for herself. She's the definition of 'dumb around and know' because SHE DOES!"
Iboni: "But if I could slip a hidden note into those pages? [Paused then smiles widely] There's no need to. She already put it in those pages herself for the both of us. 'Just trust'... or what Yvonne would translate: 'Tiwala lang'. She may not know to whom she trusts but she definitely trusts that her circumstances will become better. And it did."
[The studio is absolutely alive with energy. The audience is laughing hysterically at Iboni's hilariously blunt description of her younger self, but then, in a split second, she pulls the rug out and gives them goosebumps. When she revealed that the note didn't need to be sent forward because she had already sent it backward to her—the simple, powerful Tagalog phrase "Tiwala lang"—the room fell into a beautiful, stunned silence. People are smiling through tears. It is the ultimate plot twist: even when she was running, her own hand was writing the very anchor she would need today.]
Minty:[Wiping a tear from laughing, then placing a hand over her heart] "Wow. Iboni, you are brilliant. 'Tiwala lang.' Just trust. That is absolutely breathtaking. It turns out that hardheaded young lad was actually prophesying to the future version of herself! She didn't even know the name of the Father yet, but she was already bleeding His character onto the page."