" Ordinarily Michael would have also thrown himself directly back to work, but for the first time in a very long time, Michael stood there for a full five minutes before beginning his next job, just watching Pete start on his next project. Humans have always been fascinated by mirrors, after all. Michael had never seen from the outside how it looked to work constantly to avoid feeling, and he could not look away. "

― Maggie Stiefvater , All the Crooked Saints