The Prestige meets What If It’s Us in Before We Disappear, a queer ahistorical fantasy …
"What are you so glum about today?" Ruth asked. "I'm fine." She threw me a skeptical frown. "No one who's fine ever says they're fine."
— Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson (Page 153)
Hmmm. I don't think I agree.