Both of those things sound much better than calculus anyway.

( Swordfighting has definitely become a part of Clary's life. She'd liked it, when she first started training. But sometimes she can't help but think about how selfish it was of her to crave the shadowhunter life, when it took away so much in the end. )

I wasn't the girliest of little kids. Mostly I liked to go exploring in my dungarees. My mom ran an antique store, and I liked climbing into all the dusty little corners to see what I could find. That's probably why she taught me to draw though, so I would stop causing trouble.