"In... in a way. She happened much, much later. After the government fell, the world burned and dried up, then the Seizer came. But all of it started with Eligens, with a boy, all of it."
"The choosing. Long ago. It isn't done anymore. But it was. Those who were chosen... they went to the school. It doesn't matter much. It just... Eligens changes people."
"Relatable." She hands him a cup of coffee, then puts a pan of batter in the oven. While she waits for it to finish she sits down next to him, head on his shoulder.