I doubt I would ever be missed. Noted absent, charged delinquent, reprimanded but never missed.

Knowledge, whatever the form, could be as effective as a weapon.

I hate a mystery. I would have let the identity of the Commander’s successor remain a secret, as I have for fifteen years, but tonight’s opportunity was too tempting. With eight drunken Generals sleeping it off, I could have danced on their beds without waking them." - Valek

You asked how I can be so calm. I don't have time not to be. I would like to grieve and worry and carry on, but that doesn't achieve results.

Nothing says you care for me better than offering to torture my enemies." He grinned. "No sense doing things halfhearted. And to think, some girls have to endure listening to poetry.

Flea stared at us, "I can't decide what's worse. Losing family members or not having a family member to lose.

She's the nicest person I know." Zila chewed on her lower lip. "Well, the second nicest. Avry's the first.