"Your father? You mean the man who bought seven children and then pitted them against one another relentlessly until one vanished and he managed to drive another to his grave? That father? Why wouldn't he lie if he had a justification in his mind? What if your power was exploding? What if he just didn't think you could cope so he decided to take it away entirely?"

Isaac read about the Academy, not just Vanya's book. And Reginald Hargreeves might have been a great man, but he was a terrible father and not a particularly kind person."

He took hold of her hand. "Don't get me wrong, I'm not like, a hundred percent accurate or anything. And whatever you choose, it doesn't change that you survived your childhood with your mind intact, and that's pretty amazing in and of itself. Nothing can take that away from you."