It was damaged but not ruined, changed but not destroyed. Kind of like me. A little special. A little strange.
In the end, I guess mom was right. I have one foot in winter and one in spring. One foot with the living, and one with the dead.
What if I mess up?""Oh, you will. You'll mess up, you'll make mistakes, you'll break things. Some you'll be able to piece together, and others you'll lose. That's all a given. But there's only one thing you have to do for me.""What's that?""Stay alive long enough to mess up again.