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“Well. I’ll warn you now, this is not a happy story. Most fairy tales aren’t. Have you noticed that? They’re meant to teach and to warn. Mothers die and children are eaten. A happy ending is not required, only that you’re warned away from some danger.”
“It’s good to talk about them,” she cut him off. “They were real and they were here and they had full lives. And I loved them all so much. They deserve to be talked about.”
That’s nothing but pseudoscience survivor’s bias. That’s a lie we’re told to tell ourselves. Trauma doesn’t make us stronger; it makes us fearful.
Ironic that the secret weighing heavily on him was the same that had occupied her thoughts for the past two weeks.
“Simple in its construction, yes. But the insinuation behind it looms like one of the shadow folk, darkening its simplicity.“ Holt glared, sniffing as he turned away. “I assure you, she is a whole ass adult. With a job and a 401(k)

