Lyra just stared at me, eyes brimming with rage. It became clear to me that if this continued, I would have to skip lunch and probably dinner too.
So, making sure our mom had gone downstairs and not waiting outside my room door, making sure we didn't just return to quarreling after she left, I attempted to start the peace talks, "Lyra, what I did was just a wake-up call. It could have just as easily been the truth. I tried talking to you, but you wouldn't listen. Therefore, I decided you had to go through it for you to stop seeing the 'World of Curses' as one of those comic worlds where one can crusade around the city wearing capes and doing vigilant shit with no lasting repercussion, and see it for what it truly is. Therefore, if it's an apology that you are seeking, you aren't getting one from me."
