“ She was every inch the skeletal goddess that had been promised by the bones of her feet. ”
Wisdom cannot be stolen - it can only be shared.
~ Jefferson Smith
It is a fool of a shepherd who culls his dogs.
There is no such thing as helplessness. It's just another word for giving up.
In the world of your story, your outline is like the Ten Commandments. Unfortunately, your characters are all Atheists.