“You’ve gotta fight it, Eugene. Whenever you feel like hurting yourself, tell me, tell Heph, tell Mom, tell Dad, tell Jonah, tell your friends. I guarantee you that at least one of us will say, ‘Come over, I’ll be your backup.’ And then we fight the dark thoughts together. If you try and do this on your own, your chance of getting ambushed by your own mind skyrockets.”

