Does it sound condescending and like you're talking to a five-year old? Yes, yes it does. Because she's being childish.
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I wanted to go into the water. I always want to go into the water; it's another world beneath the surface. There one can hide, dream, soar, even fly. But one cannot live, for it is not the world of life, and thus I am forever barred from this glorious world.