Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure

It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone gray hair.

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me.

I don't know how anyone gets anything done in New York City. I vastly prefer living in the country. I just need a lot of quiet and solitude, and I'm so easily distracted. I mean, the Internet is enough to deal with.

What would happen if we spoke the truth?

It was not a triumphal return. Home, as I had known it, was gone.

For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me.