He does not deserve this. He has done many things, not all good, but he does not deserve this. And he never did get his priest.

He only wishes there were something that would heal the scars in his mind, which he can still feel. He sees his mind now as an archipelago of islands that he labors to build bridges between - and while he's had great success engineering the most spectacular of bridges, he suspects there are some islands that he'll never reach.

Then she offers him a slim but sincere smile, and he reluctantly returns it. It doesn't bridge the gap between them, but at least it marks the spot where the bridge might be built.

The Bill of Life was signed, the Unwind Accord went into effect, and the war was over. Everyone was so happy to end the war, no one cared about the consequences

A family is a collection of strangers trapped in a web of DNA and forced to cope.

Small victories are bet­ter than none.

Getting to know someone in blind darkness changes your impression of them.