The Moon's Chosen
she went on, “who needs proof. If I don’t see something with my own eyes, I don’t believe it. That’s how I’ve always been.”
“That sounds convenient,” I said quietly.
She glanced at me sharply. “It’s realistic.”
“Is it?” I asked. “Or is it safer?”
Her lips pressed together, her jaw tightening. “From experience, I know people exaggerate. People lie. People convince themselves of things when they’re scared, or lonely, or trying to make sense of something bad.”
“So you think they’re making it up,” I said.
“I think,” she replied carefully, choosing each word, “that if I don’t witness something myself, then believing it blindly is pointless.”
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