The Atlas Paradox

The thing is, Callum considered explaining to her, that actually childhood is very fragile, and you can’t technically outgrow the fractures. You can’t undo the damage, and pretending that the damage does not exist or trying to outgrow it somehow—to become larger, more invulnerable than the pain—was definitely not something that someone of Reina’s emotional ineptitude should attempt on their own.

Nothing was created or destroyed without some money changing hands.

As it turned out, being the smartest person in the room was honestly kind of dull