“Apart from sabotaging my intellectual development at an early age, imposing outmoded societal mores on me, and forcing me to conform to some pre-existing and archaic ideals of class and station.”
“That doesn’t sound so unusual,” Campbell said with a slight smile.
“She also sent me to a brutal brain-washing camp where they stole my adolescence and performed invasive brain surgery on me ninety-two times, essentially destroying my sanity and permanently altering my base personality,” River added.
It was Campbell’s turn to stare.
“Well,” he said slowly, “there is that.”
-- The Treasure of Lei Fong Wu -- Chapter Sixty-One by ScrewtheAlliance