“Normally, I would love it. I’d love knowing I won’t miss a thing you’re saying. I’d love knowing I can hear you better than anyone else can. But what she said back there—she ruined it. ‘Cause now when I hear your whispered words—I just hear her. Saying the only reason I hear you is because of my childhood trauma. What’d she call it?” “Hyper-independence. That you likely grew up in a state of extreme self-reliance and your unstable environment caused you to be on alert for threats…which is why you have super bionic ears.” It bothers me about a hundred times less when Luna says it.
