Well said,

( after a brief pause, and several deeply conflicting responses that she is by now steady enough not to show beyond that pause. she taps her fingertips lightly against the open book before her, remembering, )

I do it a disservice, I admit, in—overlooking the great strides made in recent years. The work that we have done. The possibilities offered by errors of the ego, and—doubt just as I say. To think of it as small and only that.

My husband makes of himself a myth every time his sword alights with flame, it is...

( her jaw works for a moment. )

I of all people should not forget the power of perception. Perspective.