Value your parabatai," he said. "For it is a precious bond. All love is precious. It is why we do what we do. Why do we fight demons? Why are they not fit custodians of this world? What makes us better? It is because they do not build, but destroy. They do not love, but hate only. We are human and fallible, we Shadowhunters. But if we did not have the capability to love, we could not guard humans; we must love to guard them. My parabatai, he loved like few ever could love, with all and everything. I see you are like that too; it burns more brightly in you than the fire of Heaven
What would you do if you saw something nobody else could see?__he tape gun fell out of Luke__ hand, and hit the tiled hearth. He knelt to pick it up, not looking at her. __ou mean if I were the only witness to a crime, that sort of thing?___o. I mean, if there were other people around, but you were the only one who could see something. As if it were invisible to everyone but you.__e hesitated, still kneeling, the dented tape gun gripped in his hand.__ know it sounds crazy,_ Clary ventured nervously, __ut__e turned around. His eyes, very blue behind the glasses, rested on her with a look of firm affection. __lary, you__e an artist, like your mother. That means you see the world in ways that other people don__. It__ your gift, to see the beauty and the horror in ordinary things. It doesn__ make you crazy__ust different. There__ nothing wrong with being different.
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What would you do if you saw something nobody else could see?__he tape gun fell out of Luke__ hand, and hit the tiled hearth. He knelt to pick it up, not looking at her. __ou mean if I were the only witness to a crime, that sort of thing?___o. I mean, if there were other people around, but you were the only one who could see something. As if it were invisible to everyone but you.__e hesitated, still kneeling, the dented tape gun gripped in his hand.__ know it sounds crazy,_ Clary ventured nervously, __ut__e turned around. His eyes, very blue behind the glasses, rested on her with a look of firm affection. __lary, you__e an artist, like your mother. That means you see the world in ways that other people don__. It__ your gift, to see the beauty and the horror in ordinary things. It doesn__ make you crazy__ust different. There__ nothing wrong with being different.
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