Skyward Flight: The Collection: Sunreach / ReDawn / Evershore

by Brandon Sanderson

‘Breathe in, breathe out. You are now completely relaxed.’

In order to achieve control, Juno had said, you must first accept that you have none. I have none, I told myself. And for the first time, instead of terror and frustration accompanying that thought, I felt relief.

“The waves of the ocean wash upon you, but they have no power to drag you away. You are one with the waves, and you are one with yourself. You are eternal, relentless as the rising sun. Your heart beats with the rhythm of the stars.”

That was what I was afraid of. That this was my best. And it was never, ever good enough.