“The problem with you,” Force said, “is that you’re so used to pain and discomfort that your definition of… — Nnedi Okorafor

If you could, wouldn’t you replace your damaged legs with cybernetic ones? Why hold on to malfunctioning or poorly formed flesh and bone because “we were born with it”? That’s something said only by people who have no choice or have no actual experience with being…unable. What makes you you, really? I’m a mechanic. When something isn’t working, you replace it with something better, something that is working.

I will never believe in Christ or Allah or any other God. I will never follow any religion.

It was obvious who the Elders were. Important-looking men wearing important clothes being looked at by everyone else because they were important.