Trapped in the Dark Quotes

“And the numbers. There were so many numbers, which usually Ten was fairly good with, but they were arranged in such strange ways. Sometimes they would be in a little house. Sometimes there would be a smaller version of that number to the upper right side of them. Sometimes there were random letters thrown in that had no business hanging around in number territory. It was all so confusing.”
― Jada Fisher, Trapped in the Dark

“The leader let out a dry chuckle. “You two always go on like this?” Ten just shrugged, feeling a bit self-conscious. She liked the banter that she and Mina often had, but she hadn’t thought about how it might look to an outside person. “We enjoy a little back-and-forth as much as the next traumatized person,” Mina answered. “Why?”
― Jada Fisher, Trapped in the Dark

“And to think you wanted to sleep in today!”
― Jada Fisher, Trapped in the Dark

“But simpler didn’t necessarily mean true, and Ten supposed it was better to live in honest misery than be coddled with a false, poisonous fantasy.”
― Jada Fisher, Trapped in the Dark

“But you’re saying the Lux isn’t alive,” Ten repeated, like she needed the crystal to say it again to make sure she’d heard right the first time. “Correct. The Lux is an artificially created energy source with an AI system built in to ensure its survival and the survival of humanity, but with no sense of self. It does not breathe, eat, drink, reproduce, or have a consciousness.” Ten’s ears were ringing. The Lux wasn’t alive. What she was most afraid of in the world was true, and the whole basis of their religion was false. The Lux didn’t love. It wasn’t benevolent. It was just a machine that did what it was created to do.”
― Jada Fisher, Trapped in the Dark