All That Has Flown Beyond (Natural Magic #2)

by Marina Vivancos

Everybody I’ve ever met has had the capacity to form relationships with different people, to live in different places. What makes you different?” “Because I don’t want to belong anywhere else.” “Ah, so it’s a choice, not an inability. That’s good to know, right? It tells us—you’re in control, even if it certainly doesn’t feel that way. You can choose whether to stay where you are and not feel that connection again, or you can do something and work through what’s stopping you from attempting another connection.” Kaiyo blinked at the floor. Choice? Choice? “This isn’t a choice. You think I would choose this? To feel like this?” “No. And this certainly isn’t about blame or even responsibility. The things that have led you to this moment might not have been conscious choices, but the pure truth of the matter is that only you can choose to change it. And it is a choice. A difficult choice that doesn’t feel like a choice at all, but a choice nonetheless. The choice isn’t, ‘Should I feel this?’. It’s, ‘What can I do in this moment to prevent the escalation of this emotion?’. It’s a series of choices that ultimately lead to change.”