Madison

“You snake,” Nura spat.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Children of Fallen Gods

“I do not remember,” I said, quietly. “I do not remember any of it.” His gaze softened. “I know.” “Perhaps you are looking for Aefe. Perhaps she no longer exists.” Another change in that stare, one that I did not have the language to understand. “Perhaps,” he said. “But I am happy to have you here, nonetheless.” Strange, I thought. I did not know how to describe the sensation in my chest. It was uncomfortable. Everything was uncomfortable. “Even if I am only Reshaye?” I said. Caduan’s hand fell over mine. This time, I did not pull away. “Even then,” he said.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Children of Fallen Gods

“Of all the physical changes in the last seven months, agglutination was by far the most agonizing. Once his femurs, fibulas, tibias, and metatarsals combined, they would begin to articulate in the new formation, a ladder of bones, his shark vertebral column and heterocercal tail.”
― Emily Habeck, Shark Heart

“Always, you listen to words that are not belonging of you. I want…” He stumbled, struggling. “I want to give you, to speak of you, in your words. Your… voice.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Children of Fallen Gods