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They say that even the best-laid plans never survive first contact. Our flimsy plan hadn't even survived the gathering of our allies.

"...But don't make any mistakes, Ty. We seriously can't afford to have you freaking out on us this late in the game."
I waved his hand away. "I know. I know. I'll be fine." I meant it. The moment had passed, and I felt more confident for it, like I'd finally made a decision I didn't know I was wrestling with.

Here I was, talking with my magical tutors. We were... assembling a group to go into some kind of foggy alternate plane of existence to do battle against an evil necromancer and her minions and save a city. Like, what the hell? Just because I was living it didn't mean I hadn't been raised... in a world where 'magic wasn't real.' And the most surreal part about the whole thing was how comfortable I was with it.

We'd started dating when I was seventeen, and he was seven years older than me. Since then, there hadn't been anyone. Not until Trish.

"So it's a GIRL then?" He'd always thought that was funny. But what's the big deal? I'm attracted to people, not genders.

"It wasn't paranoia when there really were people out to get you."

"Once you open your eyes to the world, the world turns its eyes on you."