[Mama, Madraya. But Wuxian talks of fear the same way.] Fear is a powerful ally, but feed it too often, make it too strong, and it will turn on you.
[Quoted from memory because she drilled the lesson in to him from an early age. Like she drilled all lessons in to him, never let them see and never let them touch you, child.
And Aleksander learned all too well.]
Most people are afraid of the dark. Of what they might see, if they look in to it too deeply. [He shrugs] There is Small Science to lit fires, to control the wind and the rain. To move mountains and to heal any wound. Heartrenders to stop or slow a heartbeat. But they fear the darkness more.
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[Mama, Madraya. But Wuxian talks of fear the same way.] Fear is a powerful ally, but feed it too often, make it too strong, and it will turn on you.
[Quoted from memory because she drilled the lesson in to him from an early age. Like she drilled all lessons in to him, never let them see and never let them touch you, child.
And Aleksander learned all too well.]
Most people are afraid of the dark. Of what they might see, if they look in to it too deeply. [He shrugs] There is Small Science to lit fires, to control the wind and the rain. To move mountains and to heal any wound. Heartrenders to stop or slow a heartbeat. But they fear the darkness more.