If Only. Those Must Be The Two

Time Doesn't. All That Time Does Is Make It More Distant, Put More Space Between You And What Happened. It Doesn't Heal Anything. I Don't Know How Or What Does The Healing, But It Isn't Time.

Honor Was Never Taking The Easy Way When It Was Also The Wrong One. Never Telling A Falsehood Unless The Truth Was Painful And Unnecessary, Or A Lie Was Necessary To Save Others. Never Manipulating The Truth To Serve Only Yourself. Protecting The Weak And Helpless; Standing Fast Even When Fear Made You Weak. Keeping Your Word.

The People Who Keep Coping, Keep Trying, No Matter How Many Blows Fate Takes At Them. Nobody'll Make A Song About Them, But They're Heroes All The Same.

Doctor Mackenzie Says "sometimes I Think The Victorians Had The Right Idea. When You Lost A Family Member Back Then You Were Suppose To Be In Full Mourning, Dress In Nothing But Black, For A Whole Year. Then You Went Into Something They Called 'half Mourning' For Another Full Year, Adn During Those Two Years, You Were Pretty Much Expected To Have Emotional Breakdowns, You Could Do It Whenever You Felt You Needed To, And Everybody Would Support You. Now?, A Month After A Tragedy, Maybe Two, And You're Expected To Be All Better-or Down Pills So You Can Pretend You Are.

. . . From What He Knew About The Creatures Of The Dark They Wouldn't Waste Their Time Laying Elaborate Traps. They'd Just Eat Someone.