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‘How easy it is now, to trace the fractured path, follow it back to the moment when the first crack formed. How easy it was then, to pretend that it was nothing.’

‘How many times can someone bend before they break forever? You have to take care, dealing with broken things; sometimes they give way, and break others in their turn.’

‘Perhaps this was what womanhood was. The dangerous knowledge of who you are and what you could do with that power if pushed.’

‘What a cruel way to spend eternity. Sending yourself into suffering over and over again, without recognising the damage.’

‘The only things she could do as a Goddess, to get away from the cruelty of Gods, was turn herself into something they would never want to possess. An unwelcoming island in a stormy sea.’

‘In other circumstances, you could have reversed it, untethered yourself, but he took all of it with him when he was destroyed. You’ll recover, but it’ll leave a scar. You just have to stay grounded until your mind learns not to go there.’

So sloooow