It hurt her eyes, almost, Ror City; and it didn't surprise her that Po should come from a place that shone.

For a group of people who claimed to be concerned for her safety, they did seem to have developed rather a habit of encouraging uprisings against monarchs.

Not all people who inspire devotion are monsters.

In the end, Leck should have stuck to his lies. For it was the truth he almost told that killed him.

And is it the way, in these kingdoms you fell from, for a woman to join forces with an unnatural child who's murdered her friend? Or is that expectation unique to you, and your infinitesimal heart?

Your brothers are the foolish ones for not seeing the strength in beautiful things.

It has been a hard lesson to learn, that greatness requires suffering.