digitalbusker quoted Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson (Secret Projects, #1)
The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has …
Oh yes. I've said those words. I said them with sixteen other people, in fact.
— Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson (Secret Projects, #1) (83%)
One day maybe we'll know what led them to say "I don't trust you to make your own decisions" to Adonalsium.