Truth of the Divine (Noumena, #2)

by Lindsay Ellis

“This is America. When has that ever stopped us?

It took her several hours, the involvement of her guitar, and several repetitions of the Beatles’ kindest and gentlest repertoire, but eventually, she convinced him to sleep.

Nikola paused to examine the door, less seemingly out of hesitation than curiosity, as if to say, Ah, so this is how your people do hinges. Our people evolved a very different way of doing hinges. It all started when—

And it is in this moment that I am struck by the human ability to adapt to the foreign, the frightening, and the unfamiliar when the human mind endeavors to do so.