Meru (The Alloy Era, #1)

by S.B. Divya

Telling a parent not to worry was like asking the sun to dim its light.

The evolved life-form adapts the environment to itself; the highly evolved life-form adapts itself to the environment.

Accept any fear as natural. Let it sit with you as a companion. Do not resist its presence. Once zie acknowledged the anxiety, the tension drained from zir muscles.

First comes desire, born of the mind. Next comes will, to carry the self. Last comes peace, the fulfillment of purpose.

She stopped before she dug her linguistic hole any deeper.