Yrael leans down close, grinning right down close to that smile. "First of all, you don't act half as well as you think you do, kiddo."

"That act, that face you put on? You're not hiding him, you're hiding you. Gotta act tough, act like you even know what's going on, smile and make yourself laugh for others like you're not a broken little ball of nerves and insecurities on the inside, past that paper-thin veneer of 'all right', pretending not to worry about what'll happen when they see you, finally, and when they'll have to judge you for what you really are."

Flawed goods.