Everyone has to blame something for the way the world is.

You won," Four mutters. "Stop." I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.

We believe in bravery. We believe in taking action. We believe in freedom from fear and in acquiring the skills to force the bad out of our world so that the good can prosper and thrive. If you also believe in those things, we welcome you.

In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.

Inquisitiveness is self-serving, Johanna. -Marcus Eaton

But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.

Thank you for your honesty.