Flashback ( PDFDrive )

wonder if it’s part of my legacy. Maybe that’s why my mom let my dad
be so hard on me—maybe she was trying to desensitize me. Or maybe
she did other stuff I don’t remember. All I know is, weapons and blood
don’t bother me the way they bother other people, so . . . yeah. Feel
free to think I’m super creepy—”
“I don’t,” Sophie promised. “I’m serious! In fact . . . I’ve actually
been thinking that Project Moonlark might’ve done the same thing to
me. Grizel said she thought I was a natural when we saw how good my
aim is—and at first it freaked me out. But after what just happened? I
don’t know. . . . I think it might be a good thing. I mean, someone has
to fight the Neverseen, right?”
She did a quick gut check and still couldn’t feel any hint of
queasiness.
“And honestly, if you really think about it,” she added, “most of our
group pushes the limits. Fitz has been training with Grizel for weeks.
Dex is always making things that explode. Biana charged after
Vespera all by herself without hesitating. Linh took out half of
Ravagog with a tidal wave. Tam knows how to break through force
fields. Even Wylie looked ready to stomp the Neverseen into the
ground. I don’t know if that’s our way of responding to all the scary,
dangerous stuff we’ve been through, or if it’s something we just
naturally have in common and that’s why we ended up friends. But . . .
I think it’s time we all push ourselves to see how far we can go with it.
It might turn out to be the best asset we have.”
“You sound like you really believe that,” Keefe noted.
“You don’t?”
“I don’t know.” He tilted his head back and stared at the ceiling. “I
mean . . . even if we trained all day every day, it’s not like we could ever