I guess in the end, it doesn’t matter what we wanted. What matters is what we chose to do with the things we had.

May posterity show mercy when it look back upon the work we do today. We did what we could with what we had.

Blood is thicker than water, but family isn’t just about blood. Family is about faith, and loyalty, and who you love. If you don’t have those things, I don’t care what the blood says. You’re not family.

Mira Grant is actually my pseudonym. And Seanan is pronounced SHAWN-in.

Repetition is sometimes the best way to deal with the Luideag: just keep saying the same thing over and over until she gets fed up and gives you what you want. All preschoolers have an instinctive grasp of this concept, but most don’t practice it on immortal water demons. That’s probably why there are so few disembowelments in your average preschool.

Failure to die is always appreciated.

I guess in the end, it doesn’t matter what we wanted. What matters is what we chose to do with the things we had.