“To not be afraid, all you have to do is pretend. After a while, you’ll forget you’re pretending, and just like that”—he snapped his fingers, a strange smile spreading across his face—“you are a new person.” The look in his warm, brown eyes was suddenly serious. “But even if you forget, always remember the cause of your fear so that one day, when you are stronger and your fear is gone, you can come back and destroy what caused it to begin with.”
