Causes have a way of tainting your reason until a person takes much bigger risks than sanity would otherwise allow.

The society killed Kendra." ... Don't mention it to Verl. He might dive into a chasm.

It's easy to make up weird stuff. It gets trickier when you want the weird stuff to be interesting and make sense.

i hate how my past actions keep messing up my future choices" Seth Sorson aka " fablehaven " (my son's quote)

The curse of mortality. You spend the first portion of your life learning, growing stronger, more capable. And then, through no fault of your own, your body begins to fail. You regress. Strong limbs become feeble, keen senses grow dull, hardy constitutions deteriorate. Beauty withers. Organs quit. You remember yourself in your prime, and wonder where that person went. As your wisdom and experience are peaking, your traitorous body becomes a prison.

Jason glanced at the creature. It remained the same distance away as before, still as a statue. "What do you want?" Jason asked. No answer. "Are you the thing that followed Tark? You should keep following him. He's the real mastermind. Shoo. Go hide." No response. "Okay, how about you stand guard while I sleep. Keep the giants away. Sound good? All in favor, hold perfectly still. Fine, I guess we have a deal.

There are no insect eggs in my food.” Mrs. White reiterated. You should use that in your advertising,” Nate suggested.