The rose imagery in Chapter 4 was never about Noelle.
Kris is the rose, and leaving a thorn in Noelle shattered them.
The changed version isn't just lines. it's shattered glass. This isn't just Kris being shattered, it's the prophecy and Noelle's worldview being shattered too.
And while I'm at it, let's remember someone else who was said to have been "shattered".












